Hong Kong (film)

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Hong Kong
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Screenplay by Winston Miller
Story byLewis R. Foster
Produced by William H. Pine
William C. Thomas
Starring Ronald Reagan
Rhonda Fleming
Nigel Bruce
Marvin Miller
Mary Somerville
Lowell Gilmore
Cinematography Lionel Lindon
Edited byHoward A. Smith
Music by Lucien Cailliet
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • December 19, 1951 (1951-12-19) [1]
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,250,000 (US rentals) [2]

Hong Kong is a 1952 American adventure film directed by Lewis R. Foster, written by Winston Miller and starring Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming, Nigel Bruce, Marvin Miller, Mary Somerville and Lowell Gilmore. The film was released in December 1951 [1] by Paramount Pictures [3] [4] [5] and was rereleased in 1961 under the title Bombs Over China.

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Plot

Jeff Williams is an American army veteran living in China who must flee the Red Army as the country falls to communism. Along the way, he encounters a Chinese orphan named Wei Lin who is carrying an ancient and valuable golden idol. Williams must outwit both the communists and Chinese gangsters while scheming to profit from the idol himself.

Cast

Reception

In a contemporary review for The New York Times, critic Howard Thompson wrote: "The miracle of 'Hong Kong' ... —or was it "Ping Pong"—is that the. picture manages to keep going at all. William Pine and William Thomas, those diehard promoters of Paramount's adventure quickies in Technicolor, have served up another corn meal special, with chop suey added, not to say Ronald Reagan and Rhonda Fleming, and in about that order." [6]

Adaptations

References

  1. 1 2 "The Williamsburg Theatre (Advertisement)". The Tidewater Review. West Point, Virginia. December 13, 1951. p. 5.
  2. ↑ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1951", Variety (January 2, 1952)
  3. ↑ "Hong Kong (1952) - Overview". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  4. ↑ H. H. T. (April 5, 1952). "Movie Review - Hong Kong - At the Globe". The New York Times . Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hong Kong". Afi.com. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Howard (April 5, 1952). "The Screen in Review". The New York Times . p. 20.
  7. ↑ "Movie Love #13". Grand Comics Database.


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