Hong Kong (1951)
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
This thriller is set in Asia and follows the exciting exploits of a villainous soldier of fortune (Ronald Reagan) involved in shady shenanigans with the communists who gets caught red-handed by the authorities. He manages to escape and during his flight encounters a charming Chinese orphan who carries with him a priceless old statue. Wanting the sculpture, the mercenary allows the child to travel with him. He next teams up with a beautiful Red Cross volunteer. The three use their considerable con-artist skills to make it into a Hong Kong hotel room. There he finds himself feeling drawn towards the honest life by the woman and the child, but not before he steals the lad's statue and takes it to an art-dealer, who turns out to be a major crook. The mercenary finally goes straight after he nearly causes the boy's death.
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aerial, antiques, art-dealer, art-theft, artist, boy, capture, charm [personality], China, con/scam, conscience, couple, escape, gangster, going-straight, hustler, invasion, kidnapping, marriage, mercenary, motel, one-against-odds, opal, orphan, police, redemption, robbery, selling, statue, visit
