Adventure on the dangerous waters of the Orient!
An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- John WayneCapt. Tom Wilder
- Lauren BacallCathy Grainger
- Paul FixMr. Tso
- Joy KimSusu
- Berry KroegerOld Feng
- Mike MazurkiBig Han
- Anita EkbergWei Ling
- Lowell GilmoreBritish Officer
- James HongCommunist Soldier
- Henry NakamuraTack - Engineer
Crew
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Albert Sidney FleischmanScreenplay
- Albert Sidney FleischmanNovel
- William H. ClothierDirector of Photography
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
- Ralph DawsonEditor
- Fred MacDowellEditor
- Robert FellowsProducer
- John WayneProducer
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