SOLDIER OF FORTUNE is one of those 'Eastern adventures' that Hollywood loved making on the occasion. This one has a glamorous starlet in the form of Susan Hayward, who travels to Hong Kong in search of her missing playboy husband, as played by a youthful Gene Barry. She discovers that he illegally entered China and has subsequently gone missing, and the only man to help is roguish adventurer Clark Gable (a little long in the tooth, but still possessing some old-time charisma). This all-colour production is a little stodgy and dated on occasion, but generally gets by on an action-adventure template and lots of local character. Michael Rennie is an asset as the stiff-lipped policeman and the climax doesn't disappoint.
Review of Soldier of Fortune
