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Ernest K. Gann (novel)
Ernest K. Gann (screenplay)
Release Date:
27 May 1955 (USA) more
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Cold War Epic more (19 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Clark Gable | ... | Hank Lee |
 | Susan Hayward | ... | Mrs. Jane Hoyt |
 | Michael Rennie | ... | Inspector Merryweather, Hong Kong Marine Police |
| Gene Barry | ... | Louis Hoyt |
| Alexander D'Arcy | ... | Rene Dupont Chevalier (as Alex D'Arcy) |
| Tom Tully | ... | Tweedie, Owner of Tweedie's Bar |
| Anna Sten | ... | Madame Dupree |
| Russell Collins | ... | Icky, Piano Player |
| Leo Gordon | ... | Big Matt |
| Richard Loo | ... | General Po Lin |
| Soo Yong | ... | Dak Lai |
| Frank Tang | ... | Capt. Ying Fai (Chicago) |
| Jack Kruschen | ... | Austin Stoker, Lee's assistant |
| Mel Welles | ... | Fernand Rocha |
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96 min | 92 min (FMC Library Print)
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2.55 : 1 more
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Mono (optical prints) (Western Electric Recording) | 4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints) (Western Electric Recording)
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Iceland:L | West Germany:12 (nf) | USA:Approved (certificate #17243) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16 | Spain:T | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario)
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Average Shot Length = ~10.1 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~10.6 seconds. more
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Anachronisms: The sound of a cable car bell can be heard on Gable's recording of Chicago. more
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Referenced in Proof of Life (2000) more
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Bridal Chorus more
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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.