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China Gate

- An American dynamiter love-locked in war-locked China!

Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border.

Release Date : 1957-05-22

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Globe Enterprises

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Gene Barry

Character Name : Sgt. Brock

Original Name : Gene Barry

Gender : Male

Angie Dickinson

Character Name : Lucky Legs

Original Name : Angie Dickinson

Gender : Female

Nat King Cole

Character Name : Goldie

Original Name : Nat King Cole

Gender : Male

Paul Dubov

Character Name : Capt. Caumont

Original Name : Paul Dubov

Gender : Male

Lee Van Cleef

Character Name : Maj. Cham

Original Name : Lee Van Cleef

Gender : Male

George Givot

Character Name : Cpl. Pigalle

Original Name : George Givot

Gender : Male

Gerald Milton

Character Name : Pvt. Andreades

Original Name : Gerald Milton

Gender : Male

Neyle Morrow

Character Name : Leung

Original Name : Neyle Morrow

Gender : Male

Marcel Dalio

Character Name : Father Paul

Original Name : Marcel Dalio

Gender : Male

Maurice Marsac

Character Name : Col. De Sars

Original Name : Maurice Marsac

Gender : Male

Warren Hsieh

Character Name : The Boy

Original Name : Warren Hsieh

Gender : Male

Paul Busch

Character Name : Cpl. Kruger

Original Name : Paul Busch

Gender : Male

James Hong

Character Name : Charlie

Original Name : James Hong

Gender : Male

William Soo Hoo

Character Name : Moi Leader

Original Name : William Soo Hoo

Gender : Male

Walter Soo Hoo

Character Name : Guard

Original Name : Walter Soo Hoo

Gender : Male

Sasha Harden

Character Name : Pvt. Jaszi

Original Name : Sasha Harden

Gender : Male

Weaver Levy

Character Name : Khuan

Original Name : Weaver Levy

Gender : Male

Suey Chan

Character Name : Monk (uncredited)

Original Name : Suey Chan

Gender : Male

Charles Cirillo

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Charles Cirillo

Gender : Male

Paul King

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Paul King

Gender : Male

Esther Ying Lee

Character Name : Villager (uncredited)

Original Name : Esther Ying Lee

Gender : Female

Ziva Rodann

Character Name : Indo-Chinese Woman (uncredited)

Original Name : Ziva Rodann

Gender : Female

Bill Saito

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Bill Saito

Gender : Male

Mabel Smaney

Character Name : Masseuse (uncredited)

Original Name : Mabel Smaney

Gender : Female

Owen Song

Character Name : Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Owen Song

Gender : Male

Kai J. Wong

Character Name : Soldier (uncredited)

Original Name : Kai J. Wong

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-09-08

Set in the final days of French Indochina, this adventure films follows the daring exploits of a group mercenaries who are charged with venturing deep into enemy territory to blow up and arms dump. Local smuggler "Lucky Legs" (Angie Dickinson) offers to help out provided they guarantee that her young son can seek refuge in the USA, and when that is promised this rather rag-tag group set off. The action elements of this film are few and far between. For the most part, it is more of an observation as a group of fairly unsavoury folks illustrate to the audience a whole range of rather unpleasant character traits. Gene Barry ("Sgt. Brock") is the father of her child, and also a rather racist individual and he leads the group further and further into danger just as his command begins to fracture under the pressure of their intolerances and bigotries. I just never got why Angie Dickinson was a star. She is aptly named here, but her performance is truly fish-out-of-water and there is precisely no chemistry between her and the odious "Brock". How did they ever manage to conceive a child? The jungle terrain does offer us a degree of claustrophobia as they home in on their target, and her manipulative relationship with the devious "Maj. Cham" (Lee Van Cleef) does ignite the plot a little, but for the most part this is all rather procedural and predictable. Ideal for a drive-in I'd say, when perhaps your mind was elsewhere?