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Le rendez-vous de Hong Kong

Original title: Soldier of Fortune
  • 1955
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  • 1h 36m
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6.2/10
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Clark Gable and Susan Hayward in Le rendez-vous de Hong Kong (1955)
After Jane Hoyt's journalist husband disappears, she arrives in Hong Kong determined to find him but instead meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.
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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.

  • Director
    • Edward Dmytryk
  • Writer
    • Ernest K. Gann
  • Stars
    • Clark Gable
    • Susan Hayward
    • Michael Rennie
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    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writer
      • Ernest K. Gann
    • Stars
      • Clark Gable
      • Susan Hayward
      • Michael Rennie
    • 42User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Clark Gable
    Clark Gable
    • Hank Lee
    Susan Hayward
    Susan Hayward
    • Jane Hoyt
    Michael Rennie
    Michael Rennie
    • Inspector Merryweather
    Gene Barry
    Gene Barry
    • Louis Hoyt
    Alexander D'Arcy
    Alexander D'Arcy
    • Rene Dupont Chevalier
    • (as Alex D'Arcy)
    Tom Tully
    Tom Tully
    • Tweedie
    Anna Sten
    Anna Sten
    • Madame Dupree
    Russell Collins
    Russell Collins
    • Icky
    Leo Gordon
    Leo Gordon
    • Big Matt
    Richard Loo
    Richard Loo
    • Gen. Po Lin
    Soo Yong
    Soo Yong
    • Dak Lai
    Frank Tang
    Frank Tang
    • Capt. Ying Fai - Chicago
    Jack Kruschen
    Jack Kruschen
    • Austin Stoker
    Mel Welles
    Mel Welles
    • Fernand Rocha
    Barry Bernard
    • English Man
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Burton
    Robert Burton
    • Father Xavier
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Carter
    Harry Carter
    • Hotel Lobby Extra
    • (uncredited)
    George Chan
    George Chan
    • Clerk in Cheap Hotel
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward Dmytryk
    • Writer
      • Ernest K. Gann
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    7bkoganbing

    Cold War Epic

    Soldier of Fortune marked Clark Gable's first film away from MGM after his contract was not renewed. 20th Century Fox did right by him, gave him a film to shoot on location in Hong Kong and an actress who was at the height of her career as a new leading lady in Susan Hayward.

    This was the second big epic film they shot in Hong Kong that year, the other being Love Is A Many Splendored Thing. Unlike the William Holden- Jennifer Jones epic, Soldier of Fortune leans more to adventure and intrigue than romance.

    Hayward's husband Gene Barry is a prisoner of the Chinese government, apparently having taken some pictures he shouldn't have as a freelance photo journalist. Hayward's in Hong Kong to try and affect a rescue and she comes up against some unscrupulous types including Gable. Gable's more interested in her, but helping the husband's rescue is a package deal.

    I would have hoped that with the one and only teaming of Gable and Hayward a better story could have been found. Soldier of Fortune isn't a bad film, hardly the worst thing either of them did, but in essence it's really a souped up Grade B adventure saga. The class of the players make it seem more than it is. Plus the fact it was done on location as opposed to the backlot of 20th Century Fox.

    Soldier of Fortune has a good cast of character actors. Look for some good performances by Michael Rennie as the British inspector, Alexander D'Arcy as a conniving French rogue and Tom Tully as a slimy influence peddler.
    7dglink

    An Unmotivated Search, an Unconvincing Romance

    Fiery Jane Hoyt, played by Susan Hayward of the blazing red hair, arrives in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong in search of her husband, Louis, a photographer who disappeared while on a shoot in Mainland China. Louis, played by Gene Barry, entered China illegally without a visa and has been detained by the Communist authorities. Hayward enlists the aid of a shipping magnate with connections, Clark Gable, to locate her husband and bring him out. While the chemistry between Hayward and Gable is lukewarm at best, an on-screen romance ensues, which undercuts the credibility of Hayward's portrayal of a loving faithful wife in search of her missing husband. The gruff mature Gable, who incongruously has adopted three Asian children, makes the moves on Hayward, who stoically receives his kisses and allows him to hold her hand across a table. Actually, the coolness between Gable and Hayward is a torrid fire compared to the freeze between Barry and Hayward. Thus, both the motivation for Hayward's journey to Hong Kong in search of her missing husband and her attraction to Gable are undercut by the lack of warmth between the actors; what the script says and what the performers suggest are miles apart. When not being pursued by Gable or other wolves on the prowl, Hayward searches the city for information on her husband. The search brings her into contact with a number of supporting players, including Michael Rennie, Alex D'Arcy, and Tom Tully, and several distracting subplots, which only serve to remind viewers that the film was adapted from a novel by Ernest K Gann, who also wrote the script.

    Director Edward Dmytryk keeps the action scenes going at a decent pace, and Hayward's search is initially intriguing. However, even Dmytryk can do little with the unconvincing love affair or the lack of chemistry between his three stars, who acquit themselves professionally, but no more. Leo Tover's colorful cinematography captures an exotic, but now bygone, Hong Kong of junks, sampans, and stunning vistas of mountains and bays. Set in the 1950's, "Soldier of Fortune" would make an ideal double bill with "Love is a Many Splendored Thing," a more successful romantic film that shares both location and period with the Gable-Hayward vehicle. The Dmytryk film has much in its favor: an exotic locale, fine cinematography, two top stars, an able supporting cast, and a fairly good story. Unfortunately, "Soldier of Fortune" is one of those movies that is worth seeing, but less than the sum of its parts.
    7planktonrules

    Once more, Gable plays the likable rogue....but he does it so well.

    Susan Hayward arrives in Hong Kong because her rather irresponsible reporter husband has disappeared--most likely across the border in Communist China. A wide variety of low-lifes offer to help but most seem intent with either bedding her or getting her money. One of these disreputable characters is played by Clark Gable--a man who seems to be heavily involved in the black market and smuggling. Of course Gable falls for Hayward, but the fact that she's loyal to her husband keeps getting in his way.

    This is an awfully familiar plot considering Clark Gable played in many movies with similar plot threads from the 1930s until the end of his career. In so many of his films, he played a rogue who was often on the wrong side of the law and who claimed to have no loyalty to anything but himself. However, again and again, by the end of the film, his character turned out to be decent after all--and usually get the girl. Despite all this being present in SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, I enjoyed the movie for two reasons. First, Gable always played those parts so well that it's hard to dislike these films. Second, setting the movie in Hong Kong was a welcome relief and breathed life into the old theme. In particular, the spectacular scenery really enhanced the film and made it sparkle.
    7windyintr

    One of my Favorites

    Gable and Hayward are great to watch and Hong Kong is the uncredited star of this flick. Admittedly, Gable was not in his prime but he had the charm and sex appeal to keep viewers, especially females, interested. There is one scene between Gable and Hayward showing the harbor entrance of a typhoon that is sexier than any current movie showing actual sex. My only complaint with Susan Hayward was her hair. Her stylist really goofed on this one. Her hair was parted in such a way that she looked like she had a "comb-over" from the back. Her clothes were perfect for her neat, compact figure. She really was an adorable woman and I'm glad that she had a happy second marriage. Richard Loo was marvelous as the anti-communist, expatriate general. His comments are as relevant today as they were in 1955. Michael Rennie was as usual the superb Brit that we all loved to watch and listen to in the '50s. But the music has always been the real hook for me. I watch this movie again and again to enjoy the wonderful music. I think David Raksin of "Laura" fame wrote the score.
    gregcouture

    Gable on location/Hayward at home!

    This is one of those early Twentieth Century Fox CinemaScope potboilers where the studio sent (most of) the cast and crew to actual locations and took full DeLuxe Color advantage of places that most of the potential audience would never visit in real life. So, the bustling and already festooned-with-highrises city of Hong Kong is the principal setting for the jumping-off point of the plot. It's pretty obvious that Gable is actually there in Hong Kong for a few of the shots but Susan Hayward, embroiled in a custody battle after her divorce from Lex Barker, didn't dare leave the U.S., or her chances of caring for her children by that marriage might have been scotched. Therefore long shots and a few medium ones of her were cleverly arranged with a double and she performs all of her closeups, et cetera, safely ensconced on the Fox soundstages in West Los Angeles and against some rather good back projections.

    Gable and Hayward are a pretty good team and Michael Rennie lends his usual elegant support. Gene Barry has a rather thankless role as Susan's eventually rejected husband, and the supporting cast, including the Asians appearing as various Chinese, are all convincing under Edward Dmytryk's workmanlike direction.

    For me the real stars, however, are Leo Tover's excellent use of the CinemaScope lenses and, once again, Hugo Friedhofer's atmospheric score. In my opinion, no other Hollywood master of the full orchestral enhancement was able to cue the audience and call up some real emotion with so few bars of music. This film is a sterling example of his art. Just check out the closing few moments of the film. He could send you out of the theater convinced you'd seen something even better than what you had actually viewed!

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    • Trivia
      Clark 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.
    • Goofs
      Whilst 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 credits
      Opening credits prologue: HONG KONG CROWN COLONY
    • Connections
      Featured in Legendy mirovogo kino: Anna Sten
    • Soundtracks
      Rum 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

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1955 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cita en Hong Kong
    • Filming locations
      • The Peninsula Hong Kong, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Budget
      • $2,515,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.55 : 1

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