China Gate

19571957
Not RatedNot Rated
1h 37min

Angie Dickinson, Gene Barry, Nat 'King' Cole, and Warren Hsieh in China Gate (1957)

Action Drama War

In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy territory in order to destroy an arms depot.In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy territory in order to destroy an arms depot.In 1954, during the French Indochina War, an Eurasian female smuggler and a group of French Foreign Legion mercenaries, infiltrate the enemy territory in order to destroy an arms depot.

Director
- Samuel Fuller
Writer
- Samuel Fuller(original screenplay)
Stars

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Angie Dickinson and Gene Barry in China Gate (1957)

Angie Dickinson in China Gate (1957)

Paul Dubov in China Gate (1957)

China Gate (1957)

Marcel Dalio in China Gate (1957)

China Gate (1957)

Paul Dubov in China Gate (1957)

Angie Dickinson and Gene Barry in China Gate (1957)

Warren Hsieh in China Gate (1957)

Angie Dickinson, Gene Barry, Paul Busch, and George Givot in China Gate (1957)

Angie Dickinson and Gene Barry in China Gate (1957)

Angie Dickinson, Gene Barry, and Warren Hsieh in China Gate (1957)

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Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border, to blow up an arms depot. A Eurasian smuggler, Lucky Legs, agrees to use her connections to help them, in return getting her son into America. The racist father of the boy, Sergeant Brock, is also part of the multinational group. Lucky Legs must use the love of a Eurasian guerilla leader, Major Cham, to get access to the base. Will they destroy the base, and will Brock overcome his racism before Lucky Legs makes The Ultimate Sacrifice? —Peter Reiher

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Taglines
- Love and War in French Indo-China!
Genres
Certificate
- Not Rated
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The film was never released in France because the French government at the time deemed the film's prologue too harsh towards France. The French Consul-General in Los Angeles, Romain Gary, asked producer / director Samuel Fuller to change the film's prologue but Fuller refused.

Goofs
Film stock flipped when Lucky Legs and Sgt. Brock go into the tree house. The sniper has a left handed rifle, Sgt. Brock's knife is on the wrong side, and his watch has moved to his right wrist.

Crazy credits
Music by Victor Young Extended by his old friend Max Steiner

Connections
Featured in The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera (1996)

Soundtracks
China Gate
Music by Victor Young
Lyrics Harold Adamson
Sung by Nat 'King' Cole

Top review

4/10

Woof-woof, it's a dog but it may be the first U.S. movie that mentioned Ho Chi Minh.

Nat King Cole acts and sings in this one and that just might be the only item of interest in a very bad movie with one distinction: it has Americans fighting in Vietnam in 1957.

We're talking about a few mercenaries (like Gene Barry) who just can't get enough military action and just love killing Commies. Ah, the good old days...

Angie Dickinson is your typical half-Chinese, half-American loving mother/double agent/saboteur who drinks heavily but never shows it. Her cute little Chinese son has been spurned by father Barry, whose racist tendencies keep erupting throughout the movie.

It's violent, stiff and dumb. There's something about movies that use "gate" in the title--"Heaven's Gate," for example.

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Jan 9, 2001

Release date
- August 13, 1957 (West Germany)
Country of origin
- United States
Language
- English
Also known as
- Gates of China
Filming locations
- Bronson Caves, Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production company
- Globe Enterprises
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Budget
- $150,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 37min
Color
- Black and White
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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