The Green Hornet 1974
After the superstardom and early death of Bruce Lee, 20th Century Fox decided to cobble together a couple of theatrical feature films from this property, of which this 1974 effort is the first. The bulk of the film consists of four episodes crudely spliced together. Scattered throughout are bizarrely irrelevant fight scenes from other episodes, which make the already disjointed plotting quite surreal. The television image was cropped to make a widescreen film, which means the tops of heads and hats are lopped off the frame with alarming regularity.
Cast
Van Williams
Britt Reid / The Green Hornet
Bruce Lee
Kato
Charles Bateman
Quentin Crane
Geoffrey Horne
Peter Eden
Mako
Low Sing
Wende Wagner
Lenore Case
Lloyd Gough
Mike Axford
Walter Brooke
Dist. Atty Scanlon
Robert Strauss
Bud Crocker
Tom Drake
Duke Slate
Larry D. Mann
Dr. Eric Mabouse
Linda Gaye Scott
Vama
Hal Yamanouchi
Jimmy Kee
Arthur Batanides
Shugo
Joe Di Reda
Bill Corman