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Clark Gable and Susan Hayward team advantageously in this thriller of mystery and intrigue in the Orient. There's plenty of action, a lacing of romance, and some spectacular photographic effects ...
During the 1950s an American journalist disappears in China. His wife, Jane Hoyt, arrives in Hong Kong, determined to find him. There are rumors that Louis Hoyt might be held by the Communist Chinese as spy. Jane Hoyt asks shady shipping magnate Hank Lee for his help but Hank tries to dissuade her from venturing into Red China.
Directed by: Edward Dmytryk. Stars: Clark Gable, Susan Hayward and Michael Rennie. IMDb score: 6,2 (1.729) Releasedate: 1 January 1955. US. UK. This movie is not available on US streaming services. 10 Sec.
SOLDIER OF FORTUNE, novel and screen play by Ernest K. Gann; directed by Edward Dmytryk; produced by Buddy Adler for Twentieth Century-Fox. At the Roxy. Hank Lee . . . . .
Video games. Soldier of Fortune (video game), a 2000 first-person shooter game created by Raven Software. Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, 2002 sequel. Soldier of Fortune: Payback, 2007 sequel. The Chaos Engine, a 1993 action game, sold as Soldiers of Fortune in the United States. Soldier of Fortune, a Commodore 64 game.
Critics reviews. When Jane Hoyt’s journalist husband disappears in the 1950s China she arrives in Honk Kong determined to find him but meets shady shipping magnate Hank Lee.
Soldier of Fortune marked Gable’s first freelance venture after ending his long-term contract with M-G-M and was the first of two films he made at Twentieth Century-Fox. According to modern sources, Gable received ten percent of each film’s gross, with a $400,000 guarantee (the other film was The Tall Men see below).
