Soldier of Fortune Poster

Soldier of Fortune

Release Date: 1955-05-24

Rating: ⭐ 5.9/10 (29 votes)

Genres: Action, Romance, Adventure

Overview: An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.

Production: 20th Century Fox

🎭 Top Cast

Clark Gable
Clark Gable
as Hank Lee
Susan Hayward
Susan Hayward
as Mrs. Jane Hoyt
Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie
as Inspector Merryweather, Hong Kong Marine Police
Gene Barry
Gene Barry
as Louis Hoyt
Tom Tully
Tom Tully
as Tweedie
Alexander D'Arcy
Alexander D'Arcy
as Rene Dupont Chevalier

📝 User Reviews

CinemaSerf
⭐ 6/10
Nov 14, 2022

Susan Hayward's husband has been detained while taking photographs in China and so she tries to illicit the help of Hong Kong based "entrepreneur" Clark Gable to try and rescue him. Despite some initial hostility, he falls for her and determines to try and help so he can win her from the captured Gene Barry. It's a pretty run of the mill romantic adventure, Hayward looks the part and there is certainly a glint in Gable's eye, Michael Rennie gets roped in too, and it flows well towards a rather predictable, but fun conclusion. It is pretty lightweight, this - but it shows off Hong Kong in the 1950s; takes a gentle ping at post war China and there is certainly a chemistry between the two out front. Forgettable, but still worth a watch.

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