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Soldier of Fortune

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1955-05-24

Runtime: 96 mins

Director: Edward Dmytryk

Spoken language: English

Genres: Action, Romance, Adventure

Original title: Soldier of Fortune

Production Companies: 20th Century Fox

Production Countries: United States of America

Reviews

G

Geronimo1967
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.
2022-11-14

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