Hong Kong (1952)

Director:

Lewis R. Foster

Writers:

Winston Miller (written for the screen by), Lewis R. Foster (story)

Stars:

Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce

Cast

Cast overview:
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

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

china | city name in title

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 April 1952 (France)

Also Known As:

Bombs Over China

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Pine-Thomas Productions, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

User Reviews

A real surprise!

If you're wondering where Indiana Jones came from, here it is. The picture starts off with an American adventurer on a cargo plane in China, a husky, middle-aged Irish-American brunette. He's wearing a brown leather pilot's jacket and a matching fedora, and finds a young Chinese boy stowing away behind some cargo. Except for the extravagant action shots, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom follows the Reagan plot more or less perfectly for the first twenty minutes. I wonder if it was a deliberate rip-off on the part of Spielberg, or a subconscious "homage"?

After that, it's a reasonably pleasant 1950's spy thriller, with the good guy holding off the insidious red menace until the next time, saving both the foxy damsel in distress and the cute little Chinese boy.

A fun watch in and of itself, typical of the times and genre, and interesting as a bit of history, a probably unwitting building block for one of Hollywood's best known series.