
Roguish, Indiana Jones-like, fedora and leather jacket-wearing American adventurer and black marketeer Jeff Williams is hired to steal a priceless, jewel-encrusted, gold statue of Buddha, the only possession of a small, recently orphaned, Chinese boy called Wei Lin, who arrived in Honk Kong with a group of refugees escaping the Chinese civil war that Mao's Communists are winning. Jeff cold-heartedly does his job only to end up being stuck with the kid, who sees him as a surro... (Full plot summary below)
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Roguish, Indiana Jones-like, fedora and leather jacket-wearing American adventurer and black marketeer Jeff Williams is hired to steal a priceless, jewel-encrusted, gold statue of Buddha, the only possession of a small, recently orphaned, Chinese boy called Wei Lin, who arrived in Honk Kong with a group of refugees escaping the Chinese civil war that Mao's Communists are winning. Jeff cold-heartedly does his job only to end up being stuck with the kid, who sees him as a surrogate father and refuses to let go of him. When Jeff meets a pretty school teacher and daughter of a missionary, Julie McQuade, his tough shell begins to break as he grows fond of both her and the kid and realizes he must help them escape the city while there's still time. However, his non-sentimental employees double cross him and Jeff must use all his skills and wits to survive this adventure.
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| User ReviewGreg WI thought this was one of the better roles for Ronald Reagan. His character was pretty mean in the beginning, but he learns a bit as things go on. Not terribly exciting, but toward the end things do get a little more-so. There was some romance, but not steamy, like the poster might suggest. |
| User ReviewDannon RI don't want this next sentence to be misconstrued as being about politics... though I am not saying it is not (but it probably isn't.) I am a huge Ronald Reagan fan. I like listening to his speeches, reading his words and watching his movies. This is a bad movie. I sure enjoyed watching it though. The only thing that you really need to know about it is that Reagan dresses EXACTLY like Indiana Jones. And he has a small chinese boy with him. And they have a precious golden artifact that they are trying to keep from communists. You don't need to see this, but I will probably watch it again someday. |
| User ReviewMatthew CYou have an appointment with boredom in this East meets Dull adventure film. Ronald Reagan is the monstrously unlikable lead, waffling back and forth between whiney and priggish. Rhonda Fleming looks nice, as always, but has nothing to work with. There's a reason Reagan's movies aren't usually talked about. As a leading man, he ain't much to write home about. |