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An American Merchant Marine captain, rescued from a Chinese Communist jail by local villagers, is "shanghaied" into transporting the entire village to Hong Kong on an ancient paddle steamer.
Language
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue $2,200,000
English
Budget$2,000,000
Revenue $2,200,000
Keywords
escape
refugee
paddleboat
imaginary friend
orient
steamboat
love affair
paddlewheel boat
woman slaps a man
steamship
merchant marine
determination
communist china
escape plan
steamboat captain
man slaps a woman
chinese navy
formosa strait
seeking freedom
chinese village
escape from communism
Casts
John Wayne
Capt. Tom Wilder
Lauren Bacall
Cathy Grainger
Paul Fix
Mr. Tso
Joy Kim
Susu
Berry Kroeger
Old Feng
Mike Mazurki
Big Han
Anita Ekberg
Wei Ling
Lowell Gilmore
British Officer
James Hong
Communist Soldier
Henry Nakamura
Tack - Engineer
Victor Sen Yung
Cpl. Wang
Crews
William A. Wellman
Director
Albert Sidney Fleischman
Novel
Roy Webb
Original Music Composer
Evelyn Finley
Stunts
Albert Sidney Fleischman
Screenplay
Gus Levene
Orchestrator
Norman Pringle
Makeup Supervisor
Web Overlander
Makeup Supervisor
Earl Crain Sr.
Sound
Nate H. Edwards
Production Manager
Andrew V. McLaglen
Assistant Director
Sam Freedle
Script Supervisor
Margaret Donovan
Hairstylist
Robert Fellows
Producer
Maurice De Packh
Orchestrator
Tom Andre
Unit Production Manager
Ralph Dawson
Editor
John Wayne
Producer
Alfred Ybarra
Production Design
Gwen Wakeling
Costume Design
Victor A. Gangelin
Set Decoration
William H. Clothier
Director of Photography
Fred MacDowell
Editor
Backdrops & Posters
