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Basic facts

Original title Soldier of Fortune
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
Swedish release 1955-11-21

Cast

Clark Gable
Hank Lee

Susan Hayward
Jane Hoyt

Michael Rennie
poliskommissarie Merryweather

Gene Barry
Louis Hoyt

Alexander D'Arcy (as Alex D'Arcy)
Rene Dupont Chevalier

Tom Tully
Tweedie, ägare till Tweedie's Bar

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Distribution title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Unit Publicist
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Vocal Arrangement
Conductor
Orchestration
Set Decorator
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Transportation Captain
Wardrobe
Sound Editor

Cast

Clark Gable Hank Lee
Susan Hayward Jane Hoyt
Michael Rennie poliskommissarie Merryweather
Gene Barry Louis Hoyt
Alexander D'Arcy (as Alex D'Arcy) Rene Dupont Chevalier
Tom Tully Tweedie, ägare till Tweedie's Bar
Anna Sten Madame Dupree
Russell Collins Icky, pianisten
Leo Gordon Big Matt
Richard Loo general Po Lin
Soo Yong Dak Lai
Frank Tang kapten Ying Fai
Jack Kruschen Austin Stoker, Lees assistent
Mel Welles Fernand Rocha
- Ej krediterade:
Jack Raine major Leith-Phipps
George Wallace skytt
Alex Finlayson australisk flygare
Noel Toy Luan
Beal Wong kinesisk tjänsteman
Robert Burton fader Xavier
Robert Quarry Frank Stewart
Charles Davis portiern på Peninsula Hotel
Victor Sen Yung Goldie, hotelluppassare
Frances Fong Maxine Chan, butiksägare
Danny Chang Billy Lee, Hanks adopterade son
Roland Soo Hoo piccolo
Joaquin Chung piccolo
Walter Soo Hoo hisskötare
Alan Lee eurasisk resebyråtjänsteman på Peninsula Hotel
Ivis Goulding engelsk kvinna
Barry Bernard engelsman
Louis Serrano portugisisk man på Fat Chan
Leon Lontoc sjöman på färjan
Harold Fong steward på Fat Chan
Kei Thin Chung kinesisk officer
Eddie Lee (as Edward Lee) servitör
David Chow kassör
Kam Tong Needle, den kommunistiske förhörsledaren
James Hong kinesisk polis
George Chan portier på det billiga hotellet
Marc Krah Keim, lastbilschaufför
Woo-sang Park (as Richard Park) vakt
Barbara Jean Wong Haka-flicka
Henry Fong kurir
Virginia Ann Lee (as Virginia Lee) Lucy Lee
Trevor Ward engelsk observatör
William Yip bartender
Grace Chang sampanflickan som utfrågas av Merryweather
Heidi Duval hotellgäst
Harry Carter man i hotellobbyn
John Daheim Percy, australisk flygare
John Eldredge mannen som får en örfil i hotellobbyn
Lee Tung Foo kinesisk kock
Mike Lally man i baren
Hank Mann man i baren

Companies

Production Company Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1955-05-24 LP5237
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fox Film

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 86550
Date 1955-08-08
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2630 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system DeLuxe Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2633 meter
Length in minutes 96 min
Reels 11 reels


Original work

Original title Soldier of Fortune (Novel)
Author Ernest K. Gann


Production location

1954-11 1955-02-04
Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Aberdeen Harbour Hongkong China
Holy Spirit Seminary, Aberdeen Hongkong China
King Yin Lei, 45 Stubbs Road Hongkong China
Stanley Bay Hongkong China
Bowen Road ovanför Wanchai Hongkong China
Clock Tower i KCR Terminus Hongkong China
Star House Hongkong China
Old Bank of China Building Hongkong China
HSBC Headquarters Building Hongkong China
Marine Police Headquarters Hongkong China
Jordan Road färjepir 1 Hongkong China
Peninsula Hong Kong Hotel, Salisbury Road, Kowloon Hongkong China
Tobago Trinidad and Tobago

Release dates

First showing 1955-05-25 Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA 96 min
Other showing 1955-05-27 New York City, New York USA 96 min
Release in Sweden 1955-11-21 Park Stockholm Sweden 96 min
TV showing 2003-03-29 TV4 Sweden 92 min
2003-07-02 TV4 Sweden 92 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Rum and Coca Cola
Composer Jeri Sullivan (1944)
Paul Baron (1944)
Lyrics Morey Amsterdam (1944)
Sung by kör


Original title Fliege mit mir in die Heimat
Composer Franz Winkler (1940)
Lyrics Franz Winkler (tysk text 1940)
Malia Rosa (engelsk text 1948)
Sung by kör


Original title People Like You and Me
Composer Harry Warren (1942)
Lyrics Mack Gordon (1942)


Original title Don't Fence Me In
Composer Cole Porter (1944)
Lyrics Cole Porter (1944)
Sung by kör


Original title Brautchor (Treulich geführt, ziehet dahin)
Composer Richard Wagner (1850)
Lyrics Richard Wagner (tysk text 1850)
Fritz Ahlgrensson (svensk text 1874)


Original title Ein Sommernachtstraum. Hochzeitmarsch
Composer Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1842)


Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 2608


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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