Hong Kong (1952)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Lewis R. Foster

Writers:

Lewis R. Foster (story)
Winston Miller (writer)

Release Date:

24 October 1952 (Finland)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Plot Keywords:

City Name In Title | China | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Ronald Reagan	...	Jeff Williams
Rhonda Fleming	...	Victoria Evans
Nigel Bruce	...	Mr. Lighton
Marvin Miller	...	Tao Liang
Mary Somerville	...	Mrs. Lighton
Lowell Gilmore	...	Danton
Claud Allister	...	Hotel Manager
Danny Chang	...	Wei Lin

Also Known As:

Bombs Over China (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Company:

Pine-Thomas Productions

a good drama/anti-communist film

I like this one. Ronald Reagan, who helped tear down the Berlin wall in real life, battles communism in Asia with this film, although the viewer might not realize that's part of what this film is about. It isn't full of rhetoric, but instead is full of drama. Mostly the film is about an orphaned Chinese boy in the care of an American, Jeff Williams (Reagan). Williams struggles with greed versus human compassion. It is a good human drama with some romance also between the Reagan character and the lovely Victoria Evans played by Rhonda Fleming who did a wonderful job. There is some action in the movie to boot. The little orphan in the movie is adorable for lack of a more macho word from a manly man such as myself. LOL.