Hong Kong Confidential
1958 · Movie · 67 min. · United States
Secret agent Casey Reed is assigned to locate a missing Arab prince kidnapped by Communists who hope to force the prince's father, king of the small Arab nation of Thamen, to cancel the signing of an agreement allowing a US missile base in his country. Reed, fronting as a nightclub singer with his unsuspecting girlfriend Fay, gets a lead which ultimately leads to his capture by the Communists. He learns that he and the Arab prince are both to be killed in order to blame the kidnapping on the US.
Direction Edward L. Cahn
Cast Gene Barry · Beverly Tyler · Noel Drayton · Allison Hayes · Philip Ahn · King Calder · Michael Pate · Ed Kemmer · Brian Roper · Walter Woolf King · Rico Alaniz · Lou Krugman · Joseph Vitale · Beal Wong · Mel Prestidge
Soundtrack Emil Newman · Paul Sawtell · Bert Shefter
Screenplay Orville H. Hampton
Cinematography Kenneth Peach Jr.
Original title Hong Kong Confidential
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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