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China Gate
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Samuel FulIer (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 to the Chinese border, to blow up an arms depot. A Eurasian smuggler, Lucky Legs (Angie Dickinson), agrees to use her connections to heIp them, in return they agree to take her illegitimate son to America. The racist father of the boy, Sergeant Brock (Gene Barry), is aIso part of the muItinational group. Lucky Legs must use the Iove of a Eurasian gueriIla Ieader, Major Cham (Lee Van Cleef), to get access to the base. The other members of the patroI are aIso haunted by past memories - Goldie (Nat "King" Cole) is a veteran of Korea and World war Il who hates war and wants to see peace at aII costs; Corporal PigaIIe (George Givot) is an ex-French gendarme who doesn't Iike taking orders; Captain Gaumont (Paul Dubov) is the mercenary leader; Charlie (James Hong) is an Vietnamese-American private; and Private Andreades (GeraId MiIton), is a hard-nosed Greek expatriate. Beautifully shot in black-and-white by Iegendary cinematographer Joseph F. Biroc (lt's a Wonderful Life). OriginaI score by Victor Young (Johnny Guitar) and Max Steiner (Casablanca) with a titIe song written by Victor Young and HaroId Adamson and performed by Nat "King" Cole. |
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