Monday, May 21, 2012

Hong Kong Confidential (1958)

United Artists
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, MGM Limited Edition Collection)

The young prince of a fictional Middle East country is kidnapped. The CIA thinks the crime was carried out by "Commies" and orders its operatives to start a world wide search. Its Hong Kong agent is Gene Barry, working undercover as a lounge singer. He performs a couple of songs which are just hilariously awful. He concocts a way to smuggle gold into the country in the hopes of luring the bad guys. Miraculously it works and he teams up with a British agent to rescue the prince. A talky crime drama from low budget director Edward L. Cahn that is quite effective as an antidote to insomnia.

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