Overview

An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.

"Tale of Today's Orient."


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Review by: CinemaSerf

Susan Hayward's husband has been detained while taking photographs in China and so she tries to illicit the help of Hong Kong based "entrepreneur" Clark Gable to try and rescue him. Despite some initial hostility, he falls for her and determines to try and help so he can win her from the captured Gene Barry. It's a pretty run of the mill romantic adventure, Hayward looks the part and there is certainly a glint in Gable's eye, Michael Rennie gets roped in too, and it flows well towards a rather predictable, but fun conclusion. It is pretty lightweight, this - but it shows off Hong Kong in the 1950s; takes a gentle ping at post war China and there is certainly a chemistry between the two out front. Forgettable, but still worth a watch.

Reviewer rating: 6.0


Actors


Clark Gable

Hank Lee


Susan Hayward

Mrs. Jane Hoyt


Michael Rennie

Inspector Merryweather, Hong Kong Marine Police


Gene Barry

Louis Hoyt


Tom Tully

Tweedie


Alexander D'Arcy

Rene Dupont Chevalier


Anna Sten

Madame Dupree


Leo Gordon

Big Matt


Jack Kruschen

Austin Stoker

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