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China Gate (1957) [NR]

Featuring:
Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat 'King' Cole

Written by:
Samuel Fuller

Directed by:
Samuel Fuller


Release Date:
May 22, 1957

Original Title:
China Gate

Alternate Titles:
La puerta de China
Las puertas rojas

Genres:
Action | Drama | War

Production Companies:
Globe Enterprises

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
ES: 7  US: NR 

Runtime: 97

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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.

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Overview from Open Movies

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, to blow up an arms depot. A Eurasian smuggler, Lucky Legs, agrees to use her connections to help them, in return getting her son into America. The racist father of the boy, Sergeant Brock, is also part of the multinational group. Lucky Legs must use the love of a Eurasian guerilla leader, Major Cham, to get access to the base. Will they destroy the base, and will Brock overcome his racism before Lucky Legs makes The Ultimate Sacrifice?

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Rankings and Honors

China Gate (1957) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.2/10

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
John B. Mansbridge

Costume Design:
Beau Vanden Ecker
Henry West

Director:
Samuel Fuller

Director of Photography:
Joseph F. Biroc

Editor:
Gene Fowler Jr.
Doane Harrison

Makeup Artist:
Don L. Cash

Music:
Howard Jackson

Original Music Composer:
Max Steiner
Victor Young

Producer:
Samuel Fuller

Screenplay:
Samuel Fuller

Set Decoration:
Glen Daniels

Sound Designer:
Jean L. Speak

Supervising Sound Editor:
Bert Schoenfeld

Visual Effects:
Linwood G. Dunn

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