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High Road to China

Year:

1983

Duration:

105 min

Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Romance | War

IMDB rate:

5.9

Director:

Brian G. Hutton

Awards:

2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1983-03-18

Filming Locations: England, UK

Earnings

Gross: $28,400,000 (USA)SEK 6,082,389 (Sweden)

Cast

Actor

Character

Timothy Carlton

High Road to China

Tom Selleck

Patrick O' Malley

Bess Armstrong

Eve

Jack Weston

Struts

Wilford Brimley

Bradley Tozer

Robert Morley

Bentik

Brian Blessed

Suleman Khan

Cassandra Gava

Alessa

Michael Sheard

Charlie

Lynda La Plante

Lina

Shayur Mehta

Ahmed

Terry Richards

Ginger

Jeremy Child

Silversmith

Peter Llewellyn Williams

Franjten Khan

Dino Shafeek

Satvinda

Robert Lee

Zura

Peggy Sirr

Alessa's Mother

Anthony Chinn

General Wong

Chua Kahjoo

Wong's Aide

Ric Young

Kim Su Lee

Simon Prebble

British Officer

Daniel Clucas

British Officer

John Higginson

British Officer

Timothy Bateson

Alec Wedgeworth

Wolf Kahler

Von Hess

Marc Boyle

Henchman

Zdenka Hersak

Countess

Domagoj Vukusic

Chauffeur

Sime Jagarinac

Khan's Nephew

Hai Ching Lim

Tozer's Lieutenant

Kim Rook Teoh

Wong's Lieutenant

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Trivia

First major starring role in a cinema movie for actor Tom Selleck.

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Critics and publicity writers frequently played on the film's "High Road To China" title by incorporating the witticism "The Low Road To..." in articles and reviews.

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Second assistant director Chris Carreras and lead actress Bess Armstrong met whilst working on the movie. The pair started a personal relationship which lead to a marriage before the two were divorced in 1984. Publicity for the picture reported how Armstrong fell in love during the production shoot, both on the set in real life with the 2nd A.D. and on the set in the movie's story, her Eve character falling in love with Tom Selleck's Patrick character.

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Goofs

In the scene where they escape from the Arab camp, a young Arab man claims he will kill himself if she leaves. Eve screams... well, originally it was just "Men!" and he lips clearly say more. But the sound is blanked out. Otherwise, I guess it would have been a 15!

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In the climactic battle scene, a number of the Chinese peasants can be seen using Mauser 98k rifles, a variant of the 1898 Mauser which wasn't introduced until 1935, at least a decade after this film is set.

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When Eve Tozer tells Charlie Shane that she couldn't live without money after he told her that her father should be declared dead, she smokes a cigarette. In the next cut the cigarette is gone.

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Quotes

Patrick O' Malley: You wrecked my plane!

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Struts: Hey, ace, would you do me a little favor, please?

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Patrick O' Malley: Look at my Dorothy!

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