Golden Needles

Golden Needles (also released under the title The Chase for the Golden Needles) is a 1974 American action/adventure film starring Joe Don Baker, Elizabeth Ashley, Ann Sothern, Jim Kelly, Burgess Meredith, and Roy Chiao. The film was directed by Robert Clouse and shot on location in Hong Kong.

Golden Needles
Directed byRobert Clouse
Produced byFred Weintraub
Written byS. Lee Pogostin
Sylvia Schneble
StarringJoe Don Baker
Elizabeth Ashley
Ann Sothern
Jim Kelly
Burgess Meredith
Roy Chiao
Music byLalo Schifrin
CinematographyGil Hubbs
Edited byMichael Kahn
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • July 17, 1974 (1974-07-17) (United States)
Running time
92 mins.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetunder $1 million[1][2]
Box officeHK$ 18.00[3]

Plot

A legendary statue has seven gold needles inserted in it, and an adult man will become a sexual superman when the needles are placed in the same position in his body. A colorful group of characters is all in on the hunt for the mysterious statue.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack, composed and conducted by Lalo Schifrin, was released on Music Box Records label (website).

Sources

  1. Mark McGee, Faster and Furiouser: The Revised and Fattened Fable of American International Pictures, McFarland, 1996 p292
  2. Aljean Harmetz (4 Aug 1974). "The dime-store way to make movies-and money". New York Times. p. 202.
  3. Golden Needles at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

See also


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