CHINA GATE

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• Release Year: 1957
• Genre: Action, Drama, War
• Plot: Samuel Fuller (The Big Red One) wrote, produced and directed this raw boned action packed war film. Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory tasked with a mission to blow up an arms depot. A Eurasion smuggler, Lucky Legs (Angie Dickinson), agress to use her connections to help them, in return they agree to take her illegitimate son to America. The racist father of the boy, Sergeant Brock (Gene Barry), is also part of the multinational group. Lucky Legs must use the love of a Eurasian guerilla leader, Major Cham (Lee Van Cleef), to get across to the base. The other members of the patrol are Goldie (Nat 'King' Cole), a veteran of Korea and World War II, who hates war and wants to see peace at all costs; Corporal Pigalle (Georbe Givot), as an ex-French gendarme who doesn't like taking orders; Captain Caumont (Paul Dubov), the mercenary leader; Private Charlie (James Hong), a Vietnamese-American private; and Priaved Andreades (Gerald Milton), a hard nosed Greek expatriate. Beautifully shot in black and white by legendary cinematographer Joseph F. Biroc (It's a Wonderful Life). Original score by Victor Young (Johnny Guitar) and Max Steiner (Casablanca) with a title song written by Victor Young and Harld Adamson and performed by Nat 'King' Cole.
• Cast: Gene Barry, Angie Dickinson, Nat 'King' Cole, Paul Dubov, Lee Van Cleef, George Givot, Gerald Milton, Neyle Morrow, Marcel Dalio, Maurice Marsac, Warren Hsieh, Paul Busch, James Hong, Willie Soo Hoo, Walter Soo Hoo, Weaver Levy, Sasha Harden, Ziva Rodann, Samuel Fuller
• Director: Samuel Fuller
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: Olive Films, Melange Pictures LLC
• Media Format: movie