The Scavengers (1959 film)

The Scavengers is a 1959 Filipino crime film that was directed by John Cromwell, and starred Vince Edwards, Carol Ohmart and Vic Diaz. Shot on location in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, it was produced by former US Navy fighter pilot Kane W. Lynn and Filipino director Eddie Romero (who also wrote the screenplay). It was released in December 1959 as a double feature in the U.S. with Terror Is a Man by Hal Roach's Valiant Pictures.

The Scavengers was re-released in 1963 as City of Sin by Lynn's new company, Hemisphere Pictures.

Plot
Former Korean War pilot Stuart Allison has been searching the Orient for his wife who deserted him six years ago. Now running a smuggling operation in Hong Kong, he sights his wife Marian boarding a ferry to Macau. Allison is pursued by both the Royal Hong Kong Police and a mystery man named O'Hara, who inform him that his wife is now a cocaine addict and involved in smuggling stolen bonds embezzled by a missing former Nationalist Chinese general.

Cast

 * Vince Edwards  ...  Stuart Allison
 * Carol Ohmart  ...  Marian Allison
 * Richard Loo ...  General Woo
 * Tamar Benamy  ... Marissa
 * John Wallace  ... Taggert
 * Efren Reyes, Sr.  ...  Puan
 * Vic Diaz  ...  Casimir O'Hara
 * Mario Barri ... Hong Kong Police Inspector
 * Eddie Infante
 * Renato Robles

Production
The film was director John Cromwell's penultimate feature film. Making their debuts in the film were Jerusalem born dancer Tamar Benamy (born Tamar Ben-Ami March 9, 1937 - August 31, 1997) and RTHK broadcaster John Wallace, who also appeared in Ferry to Hong Kong. The film is credited as "introducing" Vic Diaz, though he had previously appeared in several Philippine films. Ohmart was cast by Cromwell, who had seen her in similar films.