Mask of the Dragon (1951) | Full Crime Drama Movie | Richard Travis 

The producer, Robert L. Lippert, got into a feud with the musicians union who wanted to be paid residuals for television broadcasts. Rather than put up a fight, Lippert hired an organist to play “music,” which couldn’t possibly be identified. You’ll find lots of interesting information about Lippert in my blog. Kit Parker

To all the ctitics of thif film - granted, it's not Shakespeare, and the actors not Sir Ian Mckellan or Dame Maggie Smith, but its this and other films that kept Sid Melton employed so that we can enjoy him in better films. It's films like this that helped fill up my Saturday afternoons when I was a child out on that isolated yak farm in Wyoming, back in the preInternet days.😉

I don't know why, but after listening to the background music in this movie for several moments, I have the sudden urge to go rollerskating!

Made the year I was born, thanks, enjoyed it a lot

I like these singing cowboys!

Although it hurts to give the movie a thumbs up, I gave it a 'like' for the courage to post it. :-) Thanks Sprocket.

And Lyle Talbot shows up in another movie!

Sheila started I believe at RKO and Richard started at Warner Brothers.

Good film, I have also seen this without the music track.

Wow what a fabulous lot of actors, great movie!

Well that guy had a short part in the movie. I thought he was gonna be the star of the movie.

Beautiful music, i wonder if you get it on spotify?

Here's a fun flick. Thanks for posting. Some of this screenplay, however, I wonder about. For example, at 8:00, a newly arrived home Korean War vet is knifed in the back without suspecting he's in danger. (Every arriving home from war veteran I ever met was a bit skitzy, looking in every direction all the time, for the first few weeks. Lt. Dan, here, just didn't act the real life. War phobic Hollyweird would, of course, never know about such experiences.) At 22:25 P.I. Ramsey, a seasoned people hunter can't fight his way out of his kidnapping. Really? Wouldn't a licensed private detective have some fist de cuffs experience (to at least briefly hold his own)? Love the "newfangled" first-gen TV at 27:37. Cute!! Finally, our he-man gumshoe (42:52) doesn't even have a pocketknife for opening an Amazon box! Whatever... Anyway, this movie's is a great period piece (early 1950s); take a look.

Great film, but way too easy for the bad guys.

I'm guessing a mix of wrestlers,unknown actors, and Sid Melton filmed on a sound stage in a few days...but enjoyable for what it is

Entertaining movie,the organ music was quirky and fun!

In the opening scene, that "so-called Korean shopkeeper" is dressed as a Chinese, speaking with a Japanese accent. Where can this go from here but down?

The signs and the attire of the people in the opening scenes were not Korean, probably Chinese, yet the opening setting was Korea. That was weird. Of course there were many Chinese still living in Republic of Korea in 1951. There still are.

For those who care: one of the articles shown in the paper at the end of the movie has a headline of "Priests Battle Seminary Blaze". What a coincidence that I was watching two days prior of Sherlock Holmes in Washington from 1943 and there was the same headline in the newspaper about the Seminary fire at 11:58. 😂

The little guy's part was the worst of the film, if you don't count all the inaccuracies with the different Asian people and cultures. Other than those issues, it was worth watching.

Good movie

Enjoyed this movie! Even with the hokey organ music....lol

Sid Melton was Ichabod Mudd (Mudd with 2 D's) in Jet Jackson Flying Commando. They called Ikky.

Pretty good movie even with the weird organ music .

Rate 3.8 Comedy Drama

The 2nd number the trio sang was the same one Ricky Nelson sang in Rio Bravo. 🎸

I think Mr. Lippert had a sense of humor.

I guess he read the script

Mr. Moto...was he in Goldfinger...with the killer hat? same guy?

Interesting music..

That was horrible! And I watched it all………..

1951 TV ! I was soaking it in back then...loved the nuclear bomb documentaries...houses and dummies getting blown away - whole familes of them. Gee TV was great then. Cowboy movies with pistols that fired a hundred shots...

geat

when were peep holes in doors invented? obviously after 1951.

Enjoyable B picture harmed by the dreadful organ accompaniment.

🔵AND JESUS SAID, "I AM THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT BY ME."🔴

So-called "Margia Dean" was onviuosly ashamed of her father. She changed her birth name of Marguerite Louise Skliris-Alvarez (irritating hyphenated name) to 'Hollywood'.

🔵THAT ORGAN SOUNDTRACK MUSIC HAS TO GO. LIPPERT, HIRE THE MUSICIANS AGAIN.🔴

Chiang kai shek and his cousin cancelled check Oh😂😂! This isn’t a B movie…its a full C! The organ soundtrack man must of pulled it from a silent movie of the 20s. Great ridiculous movie.

So-called "Sid Melton" must've been ashamed of his father. He sold-out gis birth name of Sidney Meltzer to 'Hollywood'.

Too bad they used organ on this mystery film . . that's for old time radio . . Just about ruined this good detective movie

Robert L Lippert, future fodder for MST3K.

Where really low budget movies and tired old has-beens and never-weres go to die.....dona nobis pacem.

The jersey that was supposed to be funny was unnecessary.

It was so difficult to take any part of this seriously with that horrible organ music playing.

That Japanese man at the first of the movie has a weird accent. It sounds fakie. 😅😅😅

50 dollar budget movie.Ridiculous and bad actors.

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Truly a piece of incredible garbage. The Nerve

Awful. How anyone could invest to produce this film is beyond me.

DON'T waste your time on this wacky amateurish KeyStone Cops style novice detective plot. :(

Combine bad writing, bad directing and mediocre acting and the result is a bad movie.

This has to be one of the worst, most ridiculous movies 🍿 that I’ve ever seen!!!! I can’t believe I wasted my time watching it. The only part worth watching was the three guys that sang. That was pretty. 🎶🎶🎶The rest of the movie 🍿 was just hammy acting. 🐖🐖🐖🥓🥓🥓🙄🙄🙄🥴🥴🥴🥱🥱🥱😱😱😱