Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune

1955-05-24 • 1h 36m • NR •
Action Romance Adventure
5.9
User Score
30 votes

"Tale of Today's Orient."

Overview

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.

Edward Dmytryk

Director

Ernest K. Gann

Writer

Top Billed Cast

Movie Details

Status

Released

Original Language

en

Budget

$2,515,000

Revenue

$N/A

Runtime

1h 36m

Release Date

1955-05-24

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-11-14T15:05:17.635Z

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.