Hong Kong Affair is a 1958 American noir crime film directed by Paul F. Heard and starring Jack Kelly, May Wynn and Richard Loo.[1][2] It was distributed by Allied Artists. Kelly was at the time starring with James Garner in the hit Western television show Maverick and the film's advertising emphasized this. The picture was shot on location in Hong Kong.
| Hong Kong Affair | |
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| Directed by | Paul F. Heard |
| Written by | Raymond Friedgen Paul F. Heard Herbert G. Luft Helene Turner |
| Produced by | Raymond Friedgen Paul F. Heard |
| Starring | Jack Kelly May Wynn Richard Loo |
| Cinematography | S.T. Chow |
| Edited by | Helene Turner |
| Music by | Louis Forbes |
Production company | Claremont Pictures |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editFollowing service in the Korean War, American Steve Whalen visits Hong Kong to look in on a tea plantation in which he has inherited a half share. When told that the business is very unprofitable by his local partner, Whalen becomes suspicious and a series of attacks on him lead him to investigate. The plantation is being used as a front for opium smuggling.
Cast
edit- Jack Kelly as Steve Whalen
- May Wynn as Chu Lan
- Richard Loo as Li Noon
- Gerald Young as Louis Jordan
- Michael Bulmer as Inspector Stuart
- James Hudson as Jim Long
- Lolita Shek as Sou May
References
editBibliography
edit- Langman, Larry & Finn, Daniel. A Guide to American Crime Films of the Forties and Fifties. Greenwood Press, 1995.
- Lindvall, Terry & Quicke, Andrew. Celluloid Sermons: The Emergence of the Christian Film Industry, 1930-1986. NYU Press, 2011.
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