''Red Dragon'' (german: Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken, translation=''The Secret of the Three

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'', it, A-009 missione Hong Kong) is a 1965 West German-Italian

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directed by

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and starring

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, and

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. It was released in Germany as ''Das Geheimnis der drei Dschunken'' and ''A 009 missione Hong Kong'' in Italy. It was released in the United States as a

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with '' Lightning Bolt'' by Woolner Brothers in 1967 under the title ''Code Name Alpha''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Mellin. It was shot on location in

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. The film is a remake of the French spy film '' The River of Three Junks'' (1957).

Plot

In a Hong Kong park, a man brushes against the arm of a girl sitting on a bench, and she slips to the ground, murdered. Immediately afterward, the man is killed also. It turns out the woman was connected with a jewel-smuggling ring, and the man was a federal agent. FBI agent Michael Scott is given the assignment and finds a way to sneak agent Carol into the smuggling gang. Carol goes to work for Pierre Milot, who works for the smugglers.

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