''Red Dragon'' (, ) 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

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in 1967 under the title ''Code Name Alpha''. The film's sets were designed by the

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. It was shot on location in

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. The film is based on the 1952 novel ''Les Gentlemen de Hong Kong'' by Georges Godefroy that was made into the French spy film ''

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'' (1957) set in Saigon.

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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