''The Serpent Warriors'' (also known as The Golden Viper) is a 1987 American-Hong Kong

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directed by John Howard and

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starring Clint Walker,

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, Christopher Mitchum, Anne Lockhart, Kathleen Lu, Yuen Kao, and

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Plot

A zoologist is called to a construction site that has snakes that was once was the ancient site of a snake-worshiping cult.

Cast

* Clint Walker as Morgan Bates *

as Snake Priestess * Christopher Mitchum as Dr. Tim Muffett * Anne Lockhart as Laura Chase * Kathleen Lu as Mrs. King * Yuen Kao as Jason King *

as Serpent Princess

Production

Filming locations

''The Serpent Warriors'' was filmed in

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Reception

Critical response

Paul Freitag-Fey of the ''Daily Grindhouse'' wrote in his review: "In other words, ''Serpent Warriors'' is exactly the mess of a movie that you’d expect from a film created by three different sources each with their own plot and characters." He could not figure out how Eartha Kitt was cast in the film as "it’s a bit puzzling that her film career was so… varied."

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External links

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