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Hong Kong Confidential is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn starring Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler and Allison Hayes.[1]

Hong Kong Confidential
Film poster
Directed by	Edward L. Cahn
Screenplay by	Orville H. Hampton
Produced by	Robert E. Kent
Starring	Gene Barry Beverly Tyler Allison Hayes
Cinematography	Kenneth Peach
Edited by	Edward Mann
Music by	Emil Newman
Production company	Vogue Pictures
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	October 1958 (1958-10)
Running time	67 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Agent Casey Reed is tasked to find a missing prince (played by an un-credited Michael Barry) of the small Arab nation Thamen who was kidnapped by Communists who want to prevent him from signing an agreement that would allow the United States build a missile base there. Reed masquerades as a singer in a nightclub, but he is captured by the Communists, who plan to kill the two of them in order to blame the kidnapping on the Americans.

Cast

• Gene Barry as Agent Casey Reed
• Beverly Tyler as Fay Wells
• Allison Hayes as Elena Martine
• Ed Kemmer as Frank Paige
• Michael Pate as John Blanchard
• Rico Alaniz as Fernando
• Philip Ahn as Tan Chung
• King Calder as Dan Young
• Noel Drayton as Owen Howard

Reception

Leonard Maltin described it as a "Harmless B film about Anglo-American agents rescuing a kidnapped Arabian prince.", while giving it 2.5 out of 4 stars.

References

External links

• Hong Kong Confidential at IMDb

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