Hong Kong Confidential (1958 film)
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Director Edward L. Cahn Screenplay Orville H. Hampton Country United States | 5.4/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Thriller Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1958 (1958) Writer Orville H. Hampton (screenplay) Music director Paul Sawtell, Emil Newman, Bert Shefter Cast Gene Barry (Agent Casey Reed), Beverly Tyler (Fay Wells), Noel Drayton (Owen Howard), Allison Hayes (Elena Martine), Philip Ahn (Tan Chung), King Calder (CIA Field Chief Dan Young)Similar movies The Manchurian Candidate , Good Night, and Good Luck. , The Motorcycle Diaries , Frankenstein's Army , The Way We Were , A King In New York | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong Confidential is a 1958 American film noir drama thriller film directed by Edward L. Cahn starring Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler and Allison Hayes.
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Synopsis
Agent Casey Reed is tasked to find a missing prince (played by an un-credited Michael Barry) of the small Arab nation Thamen who was kidnapped by Communists who want him to not sign an agreement to let the United State build a missile base there. He masquerades as a singer in a nightclub, but he is captured by the Communists, who plan to kill the two of them in order to blame the kidnapping on the Americans.
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Reception
Leonard Maltin described it as a "Harmless B film about Anglo-American agents rescuing a kidnapped Arabian prince.", while giving it 2.5 out of 4 stars.
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