''Hong Kong Confidential'' is a 1958 American
film noir crime film directed by
Edward L. Cahn starring
Gene Barry
Gene Barry (born Eugene Klass, June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor and singer. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films '' The Atomic City'' (1952) and ''The War of The Worl ...
,
Beverly Tyler
Beverly Tyler (born Beverly Jean Saul, July 5, 1927 – November 23, 2005), was an American film actress and singer who was a minor MGM leading lady who appeared in mostly B movies in the 1940s and 1950s.
Early years
Tyler was born in Scranto ...
and
Allison Hayes.
''Hong Kong Confidential''
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Plot
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 to prevent him from signing an agreement that would allow the United States build a missile base there. Reed 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.
Cast
* Gene Barry
Gene Barry (born Eugene Klass, June 14, 1919 – December 9, 2009) was an American stage, screen, and television actor and singer. Barry is best remembered for his leading roles in the films '' The Atomic City'' (1952) and ''The War of The Worl ...
as Agent Casey Reed
* Beverly Tyler
Beverly Tyler (born Beverly Jean Saul, July 5, 1927 – November 23, 2005), was an American film actress and singer who was a minor MGM leading lady who appeared in mostly B movies in the 1940s and 1950s.
Early years
Tyler was born in Scranto ...
as Fay Wells
* Allison Hayes as Elena Martine
* Ed Kemmer
Ed Kemmer (October 29, 1921 – November 9, 2004) was an American motion picture and television actor.
Life
Kemmer was born in Reading, Pennsylvania as Edward William Kemmerer, and served as a fighter pilot in World War II. He was shot down ove ...
as Frank Paige
* Michael Pate
Michael Pate OAM (born Edward John Pate; 26 February 1920 – 1 September 2008) was an Australian actor, writer, director, and producer, who also worked in Hollywood in the 1950s and 1960s.
Biography Early life
Pate was born in Drum ...
as John Blanchard
* Rico Alaniz as Fernando
* Philip Ahn
Philip Ahn (born Pillip Ahn (), March 29, 1905 – February 28, 1978) was an American actor and activist of Korean descent. With over 180 film and television credits between 1935 and 1978, he was one of the most recognizable and prolific Asi ...
as Tan Chung
* King Calder
Albert King Calder (April 21, 1898 – June 28, 1964) was an American film, television and theatre actor.
Early life
Calder was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He began his acting career in 1929 in the Broadway play ''The Humbug'', playing D ...
as Dan Young
* Noel Drayton
Noel Drayton (October 7, 1913 – December 7, 1981) was an actor who remains perhaps best known for playing supporting roles in Hollywood films like ''Elephant Walk'', ''The Court Jester'', '' Plymouth Adventure'' and ''Botany Bay'' during the ...
as Owen Howard
Reception
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Michael Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian, as well as an author of several mainstream books on cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives. He is perhaps best known for his book of fi ...
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.
References
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1958 films
Film noir
1958 crime drama films
American black-and-white films
American crime drama films
Cold War spy films
1950s English-language films
Films about kidnapping
Films about communism
Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
Films scored by Emil Newman
Films shot in Los Angeles
Films set in Macau
United Artists films
1950s American films
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