Hong Kong Confidential (1958 film)
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Directed by | Edward L. Cahn |
Screenplay by | Orville H. Hampton |
Produced by | Robert E. Kent |
Starring | Gene Barry Beverly Tyler Allison Hayes |
Cinematography | Kenneth Peach |
Edited by | Edward Mann |
Music by | Emil Newman |
Production company | Vogue Pictures |
Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Hong Kong Confidential is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn starring Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler and Allison Hayes.[1]
Plot[]
Agent Casey Reed is tasked to find a missing prince (played by an un-credited Michael Barry) of the small Arab nation Thamen who was kidnapped by Communists who want to prevent him from signing an agreement that would allow the United States build a missile base there. Reed masquerades as a singer in a nightclub, but he is captured by the Communists, who plan to kill the two of them in order to blame the kidnapping on the Americans.
Cast[]
- Gene Barry as Agent Casey Reed
- Beverly Tyler as Fay Wells
- Allison Hayes as Elena Martine
- Ed Kemmer as Frank Paige
- Michael Pate as John Blanchard
- Rico Alaniz as Fernando
- Philip Ahn as Tan Chung
- King Calder as Dan Young
- Noel Drayton as Owen Howard
Reception[]
Leonard Maltin described it as a "Harmless B film about Anglo-American agents rescuing a kidnapped Arabian prince.", while giving it 2.5 out of 4 stars.
References[]
- ^ Hong Kong Confidential at TCMDB
External links[]
Categories:
- 1958 films
- English-language films
- 1958 crime drama films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- American crime drama films
- Cold War spy films
- Films about kidnapping
- Films about communism
- Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
- Films scored by Emil Newman
- Films shot in Los Angeles
- Films set in Macau
- United Artists films
- Thriller film stubs