Hong Kong Confidential (1958 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Hong Kong Confidential

| image = Hkconfpos.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Edward L. Cahn

| producer = Robert E. Kent

| screenplay = Orville H. Hampton

| starring = Gene Barry
Beverly Tyler
Allison Hayes

| music = Emil Newman

| cinematography = Kenneth Peach

| editing = Edward Mann

| studio = Vogue Pictures

| distributor = United Artists

| released = {{Film date|1958|10|}}

| runtime = 67 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Hong Kong Confidential is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn starring Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler and Allison Hayes.[https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/17158/hong-kong-confidential Hong Kong Confidential] at TCMDB

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.