''The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go'' is a 1970 British

thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ...

directed by

Burgess Meredith Oliver Burgess Meredith (November 16, 1907 – September 9, 1997) was an American actor and filmmaker whose career encompassed radio, theater, film, and television. Active for more than six decades, Meredith has been called "a virtuosic actor" ...

. It was shot in Hong Kong and Toronto, Canada.

Plot

An American army deserter, fanatic and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan, living in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go, a half Chinese half Mexican organized crime mastermind. They conspire to blackmail an American weapons scientist, professor Bannister, into providing secrets to Mr. Go's organization for resale to the highest bidder, and Go secretly films the bisexual Bannister having sex with Nero. Leo Zimmerman, who is an American CIA agent and James Joyce scholar, then arrives and is charged with recovering the scientist and his work by whatever means necessary.

Cast

James Mason James Neville Mason (; 15 May 190927 July 1984) was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, three Golden Globes (winning once) and two ...

as Y.Y. Go *

Jack MacGowran John Joseph MacGowran (13 October 1918 – 30 January 1973) was an Irish actor. He was known for being one of the foremost stage interpreters of the work of Samuel Beckett and Seán O'Casey. He was also known to film audiences for his roles as ...

as Leo Zimmerman *

Irene Tsu Irene Tsu (born November 4, 1944, Shanghai, China) is an actress who started in the film ''Flower Drum Song'' in 1961. She was featured in an advertising campaign ( Wiki wiki dollar) in the 1960s. She speaks English and three varieties of Chine ...

as Tah-Ling *

Jeff Bridges Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor. He is known for his Leading actor, leading man roles in film and television. In a career spanning over seven decades, he has received List of awards and nominations received by ...

as Nero Finnegan *

Peter Lind Hayes Peter Lind Hayes (born Joseph Conrad Lind Jr.; June 25, 1915 – April 21, 1998) was an American vaudeville entertainer and film and television actor. Early life Hayes was born in San Francisco, the son of Joseph Conrad Lind Sr., a railroad man ...

as Prof. Robert Bannister *

Clarissa Kaye-Mason Clarissa Kaye (2 August 1931 – 21 July 1994) was an Australian stage, film and television actress. She was the second wife (1971–1984) of the British actor James Mason. After her marriage, she was often known as Clarissa Kaye-Mason. Biogr ...

as Zelda *

as The Dolphin *

Gigo Tevzadze Gigo may refer to: People * Gigo Gabashvili (1862–1936), Georgian painter and educator * Gigō Funakoshi (1906–1945), Japanese karateka Places * * Other * Garbage in, garbage out In computer science, garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) is t ...

as Dr. Ading *

King Hu King Hu Jinquan ( zh, t=胡金銓, 29 April 1932 – 14 January 1997) was a Chinese filmmaker and actor, based in British Hong Kong, Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is known for directing various ''wuxia'' films in the 1960s and 1970s, which brought Ci ...

as Ito Suzuki *

Broderick Crawford William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 – April 26, 1986) was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Willie Stark in the film ''All the King's Men'' (1949), which earned him an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. Of ...

as Parker *

Jay Adler Jay Adler (August 4, 1896 – September 24, 1978) was an American actor in theater, television, and film. Early life Jay Adler was born in New York City, the eldest son of actors Jacob and Sara Adler. He had five actor siblings, including stage ...

as Dr. Yul * June Sampson as Miss Hagen

Soundtrack

* "The Yin and the Yang" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf) * "To Be Free" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf) * "Tah-Ling" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf) * "Images and Reflections" (Music by Robert O. Ragland, lyrics by Marcia Waldorf)

Production

The film was shot on location in

, except for the CIA boardroom scenes.Psychotronic Video 40
, ''

Psychotronic Video ''Psychotronic Video'' was an American film magazine founded by publisher/editor Michael J. Weldon in 1980 in New York City, covering what he dubbed "psychotronic movies", which he defined as "the ones traditionally ignored or ridiculed by mainst ...

'' No. 40. 2004 p 63–64. The production ran out of money and was officially never completed. It was released in Southeast Asia as ''The Third Eye''. The scenes featuring

was believed to have been added later.Kevin Sweeney.
James Mason : a bio-bibliography
' p 34, 1999.

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