Golden Needles

Golden Needles
US film poster
Directed byRobert Clouse
Written byS. Lee Pogostin
Sylvia Schneble
Produced byFred Weintraub
Paul Heller
StarringJoe Don Baker
Elizabeth Ashley
Ann Sothern
Jim Kelly
Burgess Meredith
Roy Chiao
CinematographyGilbert Hubbs
Edited byMichael Kahn
Music byLalo Schifrin
Production
company
Sequoia Pictures
Distributed byAmerican International Pictures
Release date
  • July 17, 1974 (1974-07-17) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budgetunder $1 million[1][2]
Box officeHK$ 18.00[3]
$1,000,000 (US, Canada)[4]

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.

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 p. 292
  2. ^ Aljean Harmetz (4 Aug 1974). "The dime-store way to make movies-and money". The New York Times. p. 202.
  3. ^ Golden Needles at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
  4. ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 301. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada

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