High Road to China (1983)
- Directed by
- Brian G. Hutton
- Genre
- adventure film, war film, romance film
- Country
- Yugoslavia, United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 107 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In the 1920s, a hard-drinking pilot is hired by a wealthy heiress to find her missing father. They travel by plane to China on a race against time.
lightheartedadventurousnostalgicfast-pacedromanticquirkybreezy
What happens
High Road to China (a.k.a. Raiders of the End of the World) is a 1983 adventure-romance film set in the 1920s starring Tom Selleck in his first major starring role, playing a hard-drinking biplane pilot hired by society heiress Eve "Evie" Tozer (Bess Armstrong) to find her missing father (Wilford Brimley). The supporting cast includes Robert Morley and Brian Blessed. The Golden Harvest film (released by Warner Bros. Pictures) is loosely based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Jon Cleary. However, little beyond character names and the basic premise of an aerial race to China survived the translation to film. While Brian G. Hutton ended up as the final director, originally, High Road to China was to be helmed by John Huston, and then Sidney J. Furie, before both left the project. The musical score was composed by John Barry. It was the 27th highest-grossing film of 1983, bringing in $28,445,927 at the domestic box office. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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