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Soldier of Fortune (1955)Director:Edward Dmytryk |
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| Clark Gable | ... |
Hank Lee
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| Susan Hayward | ... |
Mrs. Jane Hoyt
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| Michael Rennie | ... |
Inspector Merryweather
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| Gene Barry | ... |
Louis Hoyt
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Alexander D'Arcy | ... |
Rene Dupont Chevalier
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Tom Tully | ... |
Tweedie
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Anna Sten | ... |
Madame Dupree
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Russell Collins | ... |
Icky
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Leo Gordon | ... |
Big Matt
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Richard Loo | ... |
General Po Lin
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Soo Yong | ... |
Dak Lai
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Frank Tang | ... |
Capt. Ying Fai (Chicago)
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| Jack Kruschen | ... |
Austin Stoker
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Mel Welles | ... |
Fernand Rocha
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
27 May 1955 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
O Aventureiro de Hong Kong See more »Company Credits
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Technical Specs
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| (FMC Library Print)Sound Mix:
Mono (optical prints) (Western Electric Recording)| 4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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2.55 : 1
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(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played on piano at Tweedie's Bar
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Trivia
On a ferry to Macao with Mrs. Hoyt, Gen. Po Lin quotes "The Eve of St. Agnes," a poem by John Keats: "Music's golden tongue / Flatter'd to tears this aged man and poor" (Stanza 3). See more »Goofs
While looking through the binoculars at the Chinese gunship, Hank is holding them upside down. See more »Soundtracks
"People Like You and Me"(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
Played on piano at Tweedie's Bar
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In search of her missing photographer husband, Jane Hoyt (Susan Hayward) arrives in Hong Kong and learns at the U.S. Consulate that her mission is futile, that neither the United States nor the British government can help her...
She turns in despair to Hank Lee (Clark Gable), an American soldier of fortune who runs a profitable smuggling business on each side of the bamboo curtain...
Hank is attracted to Jane's sultry red-haired beauty... He develops a personal interest in the lady, but when she repulses his advances, he realizes that the only way to win her over is to rescue her husband... Aided by an incorruptible English harbor policeman, Inspector Merryweather (Michael Rennie), he discovers that her husband is being held prisoner near Canton, where he is being brainwashed...
Hank prepares to rescue Hoyt in his powered junk, Chicago, and is annoyed to find Inspector Merryweather aboard... Since the inspector knows the nature of Hank's merchandise, he was held prisoner aboard the sailing vessel... Later, however, when Hank's crewmen desert rather than enter Red China, Merryweather, realizing that this is a rescue mission, offers his help...
Clark Gable was getting a little too old for these kinds of actions, but the film holds attention with its good yarn and its interesting locations...
Hayward looks different without her famous long tresses... This was her second movie with the tall, gaunt Michael Rennie... She had one scene with him in 'Demetrius and the Gladiators.'
Ironically, this anticommunist adventure film was directed by Edward Dmytryk, one of the 'Hollywood Ten.'