Golden_Needles Knowpia

Golden Needles
Golden Needles
	US film poster
Directed by	Robert Clouse
Written by	S. Lee Pogostin; Sylvia Schneble
Produced by	Fred Weintraub; Paul Heller
Starring	Joe Don Baker; Elizabeth Ashley; Ann Sothern; Jim Kelly; Burgess Meredith; Roy Chiao
Cinematography	Gilbert Hubbs
Edited by	Michael Kahn
Music by	Lalo Schifrin
Production; company	Sequoia Pictures
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date	July 17, 1974 (United States);
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	under $1 million
Box office	HK$ 18.00; $1,000,000 (US, Canada)

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 edit

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 edit

Joe Don Baker as Dan
Elizabeth Ashley as Felicity
Ann Sothern as Fenzie
Jim Kelly as Jeff
Burgess Meredith as Winters

Soundtrack edit

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

Sources edit

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