Genre: Adventure, Suspense, Kidnapping, Love, Hostage
Plot: In SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, Susan Hayward is Jane Hoyt, an American visiting the crown colony of Hong Kong on a frantic search for her husband Lewis, a photojournalist being held prisoner in communist China. Eventually she turns to savvy American smuggler Hank Lee (Clark Gable) for help, and it's practically love at first sight for these two mature, classy people. Unfortunately Mrs. Hoyt is determined to stay loyal to her husband, so the gallant Mr. Lee undertakes a dangerous boat voyage in order to bust him out of China, even though it may mean losing his new love forever.Director Edward Dmytryk shot the film in Deluxe Cinemascope, allowing plenty of screen time for the Hong Kong scenery. Alexander D'Arcy is delightful in a supporting role as a drunken Frenchman, and Michael Rennie is laconic and charming as a wry British police inspector. However, the film belongs to Susan Hayward; mature and decisive while still vulnerable and sexy, her scenes with Gable pack an electric and unusual chemistry that proves love can get better with age.
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Ernest K. Gann
The High and the Mighty, Fate Is the Hunter, The Aviator |
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Clark Gable
Gone with the Wind, It Happened One Night, Mutiny on the Bounty |
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War of the Worlds, The War of the Worlds, Thunder Road | | Tom Tully
The Caine Mutiny, Coogan's Bluff, Love Me or Leave Me | Anna Sten
Ewige Jude, Der, Potomok Chingis-Khana | |
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