After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.
- Rene Dupont Chevalier
- (as Alex D'Arcy)
- English Man
- (uncredited)
- Father Xavier
- (uncredited)
- Hotel Lobby Extra
- (uncredited)
- Clerk in Cheap Hotel
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaClark Gable felt that he was too old for the part but wanted to make the film because it reflected his own right-wing, anti-communist views.
- GoofsWhilst looking through the binoculars at the Chinese gunship, Hank is holding them upside down.
- Quotes
Tweedie: And so, all women is trouble. I don't care if she is Queen of Bulgaria, or head of the Girl Scouts. I don't mean there is anything wrong with women. I like women, but not in my place, understand? Because one woman alone is trouble. And two of 'em alone is twice as much trouble. And three of 'em alone can start a riot with a smile.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: HONG KONG CROWN COLONY
- ConnectionsFeatured in Legends of World Cinema: Anna Sten
- SoundtracksRum and Coca Cola
(uncredited)
Written by The Lord Invador and Lionel Belasco, often incorrectly attributed to Jeri Sullavan, Paul Baron and Morey Amsterdam
Played on piano and sung by customers in Tweedie's Bar
Despite its attractive Hong Kong locations and Hugo Friedhofer's emphatically 'Chinese' music on the soundtrack, the interiors are obviously shot back in Hollywood, as well as being very talky. (Sam Fuller made much better use of Tokyo in the same year's 'House of Bamboo'.)
Seventh-billed amidst a good cast is the ill-starred Anna Sten, who despite playing a barfly and wearing unflattering makeup can still just be recognised as the lovely girl from the Ukraine who showed such promise in silent films before crashing and burning in Hollywood during the thirties. In her only colour film she has a vivid scene early on dancing on a table in a green dress and matching shoes, which even gets her a proposal of marriage; whereupon she promptly disappears from the film.
- richardchatten
- Sep 6, 2019
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,515,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 36 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.55 : 1