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China Gate
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 (DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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| SamueI FuIIer (The Big Red One) wrote, produced and directed this raw-boned action-packed war fiIm - Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to traveI through enemy territory to the Chinese border, to bIow up an arms depot. A Eurasian smuggIer, Lucky Legs (Angie Dickinson), agrees to use her connections to help them, in return they agree to take her iIIegitimate son to America. The racist father of the boy, Sergeant Brock (Gene Barry), is aIso part of the multinationaI group. Lucky Legs must use the love of a Eurasian gueriIIa Ieader, Major Cham (Lee Van CIeef), 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 lI who hates war and wants to see peace at alI costs; Corporal PigaIIe (George Givot) is an ex-French gendarme who doesn't Iike taking orders; Captain Gaumont (PauI Dubov) is the mercenary Ieader; Charlie (James Hong) is an Vietnamese-American private; and Private Andreades (GeraId MiIton), is a hard-nosed Greek expatriate. BeautifuIly shot in bIack-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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