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Soldier of Fortune (1955)

Soldier of Fortune poster
Directed by
Edward Dmytryk
Genre
drama film, crime film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 33 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An American woman travels to Hong Kong searching for her missing husband who is being held captive in China. She enlists the help of a tough adventurer to plan a risky rescue mission across the border.

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What happens

Soldier of Fortune is a 1955 DeLuxe Color adventure film in CinemaScope about the rescue of an American prisoner in the People's Republic of China in the 1950s. It was directed by Edward Dmytryk, starred Clark Gable and Susan Hayward, and was written by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1954 novel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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