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Soldier of Fortune

  • 1955
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  • 1h 36m
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6.2/10
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Clark Gable and Susan Hayward in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.
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After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.

  • Director
    • Edward Dmytryk
  • Writer
    • Ernest K. Gann
  • Stars
    • Clark Gable
    • Susan Hayward
    • Michael Rennie
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writer
      • Ernest K. Gann
    • Stars
      • Clark Gable
      • Susan Hayward
      • Michael Rennie
    • 40User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews
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    Clark Gable
    Clark Gable
    • Hank Lee
    Susan Hayward
    Susan Hayward
    • Jane Hoyt
    Michael Rennie
    Michael Rennie
    • Inspector Merryweather
    Gene Barry
    Gene Barry
    • Louis Hoyt
    Alexander D'Arcy
    Alexander D'Arcy
    • Rene Dupont Chevalier
    • (as Alex D'Arcy)
    Tom Tully
    Tom Tully
    • Tweedie
    Anna Sten
    Anna Sten
    • Madame Dupree
    Russell Collins
    Russell Collins
    • Icky
    Leo Gordon
    Leo Gordon
    • Big Matt
    Richard Loo
    Richard Loo
    • Gen. Po Lin
    Soo Yong
    Soo Yong
    • Dak Lai
    Frank Tang
    Frank Tang
    • Capt. Ying Fai - Chicago
    Jack Kruschen
    Jack Kruschen
    • Austin Stoker
    Mel Welles
    Mel Welles
    • Fernand Rocha
    Barry Bernard
    • English Man
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Burton
    Robert Burton
    • Father Xavier
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Hotel Lobby Extra
    • (uncredited)
    George Chan
    George Chan
    • Clerk in Cheap Hotel
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writer
      • Ernest K. Gann(novel) (screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The movie was deliberately filmed at the end of 1954 because Clark Gable had also signed to star in The Tall Men (1955) and wanted to avoid a huge tax bill in 1955.
    • Goofs
      Whilst looking through the binoculars at the Chinese gunship, Hank is holding them upside down.
    • Quotes

      Inspector Merryweather: Now that we've had our exercise, I suppose it would be presumptuous... to ask whither this slave ship is bound.

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: HONG KONG CROWN COLONY
    • Connections
      Featured in Legends of World Cinema: Anna Sten
    • Soundtracks
      Rum and Coca Cola
      (uncredited)

      Written by The Lord Invador and Lionel Belasco, often incorrectly attributed to Jeri Sullavan, Paul Baron and Morey Amsterdam

      Played on piano and sung by customers in Tweedie's Bar

    User reviews40

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    7/10
    Hong Kong is the real star of the movie...
    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.'
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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1955 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Treffpunkt Hongkong
    • Filming locations
      • The Peninsula Hong Kong, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $2,515,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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