Hong Kong (1952)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Lewis R. Foster

Writers:

Lewis R. Foster (story)
Winston Miller (writer)

Release Date:

24 October 1952 (Finland)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Plot Keywords:

City Name In Title | China | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Ronald Reagan	...	Jeff Williams
Rhonda Fleming	...	Victoria Evans
Nigel Bruce	...	Mr. Lighton
Marvin Miller	...	Tao Liang
Mary Somerville	...	Mrs. Lighton
Lowell Gilmore	...	Danton
Claud Allister	...	Hotel Manager
Danny Chang	...	Wei Lin

Also Known As:

Bombs Over China (USA) (reissue title)

Runtime:

94 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Finland:S | Sweden:15

Company:

Pine-Thomas Productions

Not all that good

My best memory of this film is when Ronald Reagan's character walks into a Chinese refugee camp and asks a Chinese gentleman "what kind of clambake is this"? Very sensitive and thoughtful stuff. They showed Reagan films on tv quite a bit back when he was first elected president, then they started to disappear. With the passing of the great communicator, perhaps they will reappear, but I would bet against it. I don't recall much else about this eminently forgettable film with the exception of the quoted line, but I do recall it being pretty much total dreck, and Reagan giving his normal b-minus level performance. It's tough to actually write ten lines about this film, but I'm trying my best!