The Green Buddha

The Green Buddha

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1954-11-01
Duration:62 min
Director:John Lemont
Actors:Wayne Morris, Mary Germaine, Marcia Ashton, Mary Merrall, Walter Rilla
Production:William N. Boyle Productions

Overview:

Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a costly antique jade figure from an exhibit. He tracks the thieves to Battersea, where he rescues the fair Germaine from their unsavory clutches, and the Buddha boosters gain only jaded justice.

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