The Peking Medallion, also called The Corrupt Ones, is a 1967 crime film

Crime film

Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...

 directed by James Hill

James Hill (British director)

James Hill was a British film and television director, screenwriter and producer whose career spanned 52 years between 1937–1989, best remembered for his documentaries and short subjects such as Giuseppina and The Home Made Car, and as director of the internationally acclaimed Born Free.Hill...

 and Frank Winterstein

Frank Winterstein

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 and starring Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer

Elke Sommer , born Baroness Elke Schletz, is a German actress, entertainer and artist.-Career:Sommer was born in Berlin to a Lutheran minister and his wife...

, Robert Stack

Robert Stack

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, Nancy Kwan

Nancy Kwan

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 and Werner Peters

Werner Peters

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. The film was a co-production between France

France

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, Italy

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 and West Germany

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 although it was shot in English. The films German-language title is Die Hölle von Macao .

Synopsis

A freelance photographer discovers an ancient treasure, the Peking Medallion - which also attracts the attention of a number of criminal gangs.

Cast

• Elke Sommer
  Elke Sommer
  Elke Sommer , born Baroness Elke Schletz, is a German actress, entertainer and artist.-Career:Sommer was born in Berlin to a Lutheran minister and his wife...
  
   - Lilly Mancini
• Robert Stack
  Robert Stack
  Robert Stack was an American actor. In addition to acting in more than 40 films, he was the star of the 1959-1963 ABC television series The Untouchables and later served as the host of Unsolved Mysteries.-Early life:...
  
   - Cliff Wilder
• Nancy Kwan
  Nancy Kwan
  Nancy "Ka Shen" Kwan is a Eurasian-American actress, who played a pivotal role in the acceptance of actors of Asian descent in major Hollywood film roles...
  
   - Tina
• Werner Peters
  Werner Peters
  Werner Peters was a German film actor. He appeared in 102 films between 1947 and 1971.Peters was born in Werlitzsch, Kreis Delitzsch, Prussian Saxony, and died of a heart attack on a promotion tour for his latest film in Wiesbaden, Germany.His film career started with the lead in Wolfgang...
  
   - Pinto
• Christian Marquand
  Christian Marquand
  Christian Marquand was a French director, actor and screenwriter working in French cinema. A native of Marseille, he was born to a Spanish father and an Arabic mother his sister was film director Nadine Trintignant, and he can be seen as a heartthrob in French movies of the 1950s.His first film...
  
   - Jay Brandon
• Maurizio Arena
  Maurizio Arena
  Maurizio Arena was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 78 films between 1952 and 1978.-Selected filmography:* It Happened in the Park * Siamo tutti inquilini * The Sign of Venus...
  
   - Mancini
• Richard Haller - Kua-Song
• Hans Heyde - Hugo
• Marisa Merlini
  Marisa Merlini
  Marisa Merlini was an Italian character actress active in Italy's post-World War II cinema. Merlini appreared in over fifty films during her career, which spanned from World War II to 2005...
  
  - Madame Vulcano