Underplayed Gems

Stopover Tokyo (1957)

Stopover Tokyo poster
Directed by
Richard L. Breen
Genre
action, thriller, romance
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A US counterintelligence agent in 1950s Tokyo works to stop a communist assassination plot. The film follows his mission across the city.

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What happens

Stopover Tokyo is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Richard L. Breen and starring Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien and Ken Scott. Filmed in Japan in CinemaScope, the film is set in Tokyo and follows a US counterintelligence agent working to foil a communist assassination plot. The film is based very loosely on the final Mr. Moto novel by John P. Marquand. The biggest change is that Mr. Moto is entirely cut from the film. It was the sole feature film directed by Breen, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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