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Hong Kong Affair
Directed by Paul F. Heard
Written byRaymond Friedgen
Paul F. Heard
Herbert G. Luft
Helene Turner
Produced by Raymond Friedgen
Paul F. Heard
Starring Jack Kelly
May Wynn
Richard Loo
CinematographyS.T. Chow
Edited by Helene Turner
Music by Louis Forbes
Production
company
Claremont Pictures
Distributed by Allied Artists
Release date
May 11, 1958
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

Plot

Following 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

References

  1. ^ Lindvall & Quicke p.88
  2. ^ Langman & Finn p.130

Bibliography

  • 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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