Feature1955·96m·6.0

Soldier of Fortune

Tale of Today's Orient.

ActionRomanceAdventure

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.

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Cast

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)

Details

Status
Released
Original language
English
Languages
English
Budget
$2.5M
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
20th Century Fox

Crew

Director

Edward Dmytryk

Writers

Ernest K. Gann, Ernest K. Gann

Dorothy Spencer

Editor

Leo Tover

Director of Photography

Gallery

Reviews

CinemaSerf

11/14/2022

6.0

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.