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Flight to Hong Kong is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joseph M. Newman released in USA on 8 october 1956 with Rory Calhoun
Flight to Hong Kong (1956)
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Add to a movie listFlight to Hong Kong is a 1956 American crime film directed by Joseph M. Newman and written by Edward G. O'Callaghan and Leo Townsend. The film stars Rory Calhoun, Barbara Rush, Dolores Donlon, Soo Yong, Pat Conway and Werner Klemperer. The film was released on October 8, 1956, by United Artists.
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International smuggler Tony Dumont is aboard a plane carrying a shipment of industrial diamonds. It is hijacked by men who flee with the gems. Tony and other passengers, including famed author Pamela Vincent, are flown to Hong Kong, where he doesn't get to say goodbye because Pamela is mobbed by the press.Actors
Rory Calhoun
(Tony Dumont)
Barbara Rush
(Pamela Vincent)
Soo Yong
(Mama Lin)
Patrick Douglas "Pat" Conway
(Nicco)
Mel Welles
(Boris)
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