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<b>Movie (1956)</b> | <b>Movie (1956)</b> | ||
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<b>Starring:</b><br> | <b>Starring:</b><br> | ||
Rory Calhoun (Tony Dumont)<br> | Rory Calhoun (Tony Dumont)<br> | ||
| − | + | Werner Klemperer (Bendesh)<br> | |
| − | + | Barbara Rush (Pamela Vincent)<br> | |
| − | + | Dolores Donlon (Jean Blake)<br> | |
| + | Soo Yong (Mama Lin)<br> | ||
| + | Pat Conway (Nicco)<br> | ||
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| + | On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony Dumont (Rory Calhoun) is attracted to a pretty novelist, Pamela Vincent (Barbara Rush), who returns the attention. The plane is held up by a hi-jacking gang and a shipment of diamonds are stole. Dumont is actually the master-mind of a diamond-smuggling syndicate operating from Macao. Warned by Mama Lin (Soo Yong), that he might lose his sweetheart, Jean Blake (Dolores Donlon), because of his attention to Pamela, Tony is so infatuated with Pamela, that he double-crosses the gang and follows Pamela to San Francisco, taking the diamonds with him. There, she brushes him off. Now hunted by both the police and the syndicate, he returns to Macao. | ||
| + | == [[:Category: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser|Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser]] == | ||
| + | Registration N1025V, c/n 15925 built in 1949. Named ''Clipper America'', ''Clipper Rainbow'', and ''Clipper Celestial'' at various points in its career with Pan Am. Unclear what name it carried when this footage was filmed. | ||
| + | [[Image:N1025V.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N1025V Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|PAA-Pan American World Airways]] used for the ground scenes.]] | ||
| + | Registration N1034V, c/n 15934 built in 1949. Named ''Clipper Westward Ho''. | ||
| + | [[Image:N1034V.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N1034V Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser ''Clipper Westward Ho'' of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|PAA-Pan American World Airways]] used for the in flight scene.]] | ||
| + | Registration N1042V, c/n 15942 built in 1949. Named ''Clipper Polynesia'' at time of filming, previously named ''Clipper Morning Star''. At [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations#Japan|Haneda Airport]]. | ||
| + | [[File:347222414924555290312022-11-181997821320120607.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N1042V Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser ''Clipper Polynesia'' of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|PAA-Pan American World Airways]].]] | ||
| − | + | == [[:Category: Douglas C-54 Skymaster|Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] == | |
| − | + | Looks to be either active military lightly repainted for filming, or recently retired with its new owners having not yet replaced most of its former military livery. "East Asiatic Airways" is fictional. | |
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| + | [[File:347222414924555290312022-11-181997821320120456.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:347222414924555290312022-11-181997821320120521.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:347222414924555290312022-11-181997821320120713.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[File:347222414924555290312022-11-181997821320120854.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6]] == | ||
| + | [[File:347222414924555290312022-11-181997821320120841.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Douglas DC-6 of [[:Category: United Air Lines|United Air Lines]].]] | ||
| − | == | + | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6B]] == |
| − | + | ''Clipper Ponce de Leon'', registration N5027K, c/n 44427/481 built in 1954. | |
| + | [[File:347222414924555290312022-11-181997821320121110.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N5027K Douglas DC-6B ''Clipper Ponce de Leon'' of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|PAA-Pan American World Airways]].]] | ||
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{{footnote}} | {{footnote}} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049219/ Flight to Hong Kong on IMDb] |
| − | * [ | + | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_to_Hong_Kong Flight to Hong Kong on Wikipedia] |
| − | * [ | + | * [http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=49219 Flight to Hong Kong on IMCDb] |
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| + | [[Category: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Douglas C-54 Skymaster]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Douglas DC-6]] | ||
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| + | [[Category: Pan American World Airways]] | ||
| + | [[Category: United Air Lines]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:59, 25 July 2023
Movie (1956)
Starring:
Rory Calhoun (Tony Dumont)
Werner Klemperer (Bendesh)
Barbara Rush (Pamela Vincent)
Dolores Donlon (Jean Blake)
Soo Yong (Mama Lin)
Pat Conway (Nicco)
On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony Dumont (Rory Calhoun) is attracted to a pretty novelist, Pamela Vincent (Barbara Rush), who returns the attention. The plane is held up by a hi-jacking gang and a shipment of diamonds are stole. Dumont is actually the master-mind of a diamond-smuggling syndicate operating from Macao. Warned by Mama Lin (Soo Yong), that he might lose his sweetheart, Jean Blake (Dolores Donlon), because of his attention to Pamela, Tony is so infatuated with Pamela, that he double-crosses the gang and follows Pamela to San Francisco, taking the diamonds with him. There, she brushes him off. Now hunted by both the police and the syndicate, he returns to Macao.
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
Registration N1025V, c/n 15925 built in 1949. Named Clipper America, Clipper Rainbow, and Clipper Celestial at various points in its career with Pan Am. Unclear what name it carried when this footage was filmed.
Registration N1034V, c/n 15934 built in 1949. Named Clipper Westward Ho.
Registration N1042V, c/n 15942 built in 1949. Named Clipper Polynesia at time of filming, previously named Clipper Morning Star. At Haneda Airport.
Douglas C-54 Skymaster
Looks to be either active military lightly repainted for filming, or recently retired with its new owners having not yet replaced most of its former military livery. "East Asiatic Airways" is fictional.
Douglas DC-6
Douglas DC-6B
Clipper Ponce de Leon, registration N5027K, c/n 44427/481 built in 1954.
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