The Tender Trap of Espionage (1960)
• May 10th, 1960 • 1h 40min
Thriller
Overview
Spy films had always been popular in Chinese-language cinema, with stories set mostly in WWII or the warlord era. The Tender Trap of Espionage, made two years before Dr. No (1962) which kickstarted the Bond film craze, is a story of intrigue between spies and counterspies within the Japanese Occupation force. The film was shot in Taiwan, offering unique visages, with cat-and-mouse mind games set in motion against trust, betrayal and seduction. Based on the British film The Two-Headed Spy (1958), future action maestro Chang Cheh wrote the script while husband-and-wife team Lo Wei and Lau Leung-wah star together as agents, with Lo doubling as director.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Notorious
Released on: 1946-08-21
Thriller, Romance, Mystery
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman,...
Pistol Whipped
Released on: 2008-03-04
Action, Thriller, Crime, Drama
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling p...
Telefon
Released on: 1977-12-16
Thriller, Action, Crime
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB age...
I Know You Know
Released on: 2009-02-05
Thriller, Drama, Comedy
Jamie, an 11-year-old boy, is fascinated by his father Charlie’s espionage work until the world of s...
Arabesque
Released on: 1966-05-04
Thriller, Comedy, Mystery, Action
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor o...
Midnight in Saint Petersburg
Released on: 1996-10-17
Thriller, TV Movie
Harry Palmer heads a private investigation business based in Moscow. His associates are Nikolai "Nic...
Misrule
Released on: 2017-10-19
Thriller
Security Services officer Christian, confused and unsure of who he really is anymore, must come to t...
Operation White Shark
Released on: 1966-12-15
Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
When "The Third Eye" - a criminal organization made up of the world's most vicious killers - kidnaps...
Chamku
Released on: 2008-08-29
Action, Crime, Romance, Thriller
A traumatized child becomes a political activist but agrees to become an assassin upon being capture...
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Released on: 1956-05-16
Thriller, Mystery
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocc...
The Insider
Released on: 1999-10-28
Drama, Thriller
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Mi...
The Avengers
Released on: 1998-08-13
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Science Fiction, Comedy
British Ministry agent John Steed, under direction from "Mother", investigates a diabolical plot by ...
The Saint
Released on: 1997-04-03
Thriller, Action, Romance, Science Fiction, Adventure
Simon Templar (The Saint), is a thief for hire, whose latest job to steal the secret process for col...
The Hunting Party
Released on: 2007-09-03
Action, Adventure, Thriller, Drama
A young journalist, an experienced cameraman and a discredited reporter find their bold plan to capt...
Billion Dollar Brain
Released on: 1967-11-02
Thriller
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer...
The Brain-Stealers
Released on: 1968-12-21
Science Fiction, Thriller
A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong...
The Spy
Released on: 1964-02-27
Action, Thriller
The British Admiralty is worried: several cargo ships carrying troops have mysteriously jumped off G...
Sleeping Car to Trieste
Released on: 1948-10-06
Thriller
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
The Karate Killers
Released on: 1967-04-07
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
International spies Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin travel around the globe in an effort to track d...