A 1955 American Cold War adventure directed by William A. Wellman that has a captured Merchant captain (John Wayne) escaping a prison camp with the help of locals.
The movie also stars Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix, Joy Kim, Berry Kroeger, Mike Mazurki, Anita Ekberg, Henry Nakamura, James Hong, and Lowell Gilmore.
It was released on October 1, 1955.
Tropes for the film:
- Defector from Commie Land: The plot features a professional skipper, Capt. Tom Wilder, being recruited to help 200 Red Chinese villagers flee to Hong Kong in the 1950s.
- The Film of the Book: Based on the novel of the same name by Albert Sidney Fleischman.
- Pillow Silencer: Capt. Wilder uses one of these to muffle the sound of shooting out a door lock when Chinese troops are searching the village. He needs to get back to his room to hide an escape map.
- Tagline: "Adventure on the danger waters of the Orient!".
