Soldier of Fortune
Tale of Today's Orient.
1955 | 96m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Edward Dmytryk |
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| Writer: | Ernest K. Gann |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | May 24, 1955 |
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| Director: | Edward Dmytryk |
| Writer: | Ernest K. Gann |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Romance |
| Keywords | hong kong |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $2,515,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 02, 2025 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Russell Collins | Icky |
| Richard Loo | Gen. Po Lin |
| Soo Yong | Dak Lai |
| Frank Tang | Capt. Ying Fai - Chicago |
| Mel Welles | Fernand Rocha |
| Robert Burton | Father Xavier (uncredited) |
| James Hong | Chinese Policeman (uncredited) |
| Harry Carter | Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited) |
| George Chan | Clerk in Cheap Hotel (uncredited) |
| Grace Chang | Prostitute (uncredited) |
| John Eldredge | Man Slapped in Lobby (uncredited) |
| Virginia Lee | Lucy Lee (uncredited) |
| Victor Sen Yung | Goldie - Hotel Waiter (uncredited) |
| J. Cabin Joe | (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ernest K. Gann | Screenplay, Novel |
| Leo Tover | Director of Photography |
| Dorothy Spencer | Editor |
| Jack Martin Smith | Art Direction |
| Lyle R. Wheeler | Art Direction |
| Eugene Grossman | Sound Designer |
| Harry M. Leonard | Sound Designer |
| Ray Bomba | Sound Editor |
| Dick Jensen | Sound Editor |
| Etter D'Orazio | Sound Editor |
| Ray Kellogg | Visual Effects |
| Cliff Shirpser | Visual Effects |
| Emmett O'Brien | Sound Designer |
| Edward Dmytryk | Director |
| Hugo Friedhofer | Music |
| Ben Nye | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Buddy Adler | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
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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 Ge ... ne 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.