High Road to China (1983)

High Road to China (1983) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1983 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )
Yugoslavia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Brian G. Hutton

Written By:
Brian G. Hutton
Jon Cleary
S. Lee Pogostin

Actors:
Tom Selleck ..... Patrick O' Malley
Bess Armstrong ..... Eve 'Evie' Tozer
Jack Weston ..... Struts
Wilford Brimley ..... Bradley Tozer
Robert Morley ..... Bentik
Brian Blessed ..... Suleman Khan
Cassandra Gava ..... Alessa
Michael Sheard ..... Charlie Shane
Lynda La Plante ..... Lina (as Lynda Marchal)
Timothy Carlton ..... Officer
Shayur Mehta ..... Ahmed
Terry Richards ..... Ginger
Jeremy Child ..... Johnny Silversmith, British Officer
Peter Llewellyn Williams ..... Franjten Khan
Dino Shafeek ..... Satvinda (as Dino Shaffer)

Synopsis:

O'Malley (Tom Selleck) is a heavy-drinking, tough biplane pilot flying the skies of China for fun and profit when Eve (Bess Armstrong) seeks him out to help her find her father before he is declared dead and she loses an inheritance to the evil Bentik (Robert Morley). O'Malley does not really want Eve around, but adventure and the challenge beckon. If only their journey together had been sparked by a little excitement, clever humor, snappy dialogue, and seductive romantic chemistry, this bland film would be a different trip altogether.

Eve Tozer (Bess Armstrong) is a society heiress and flapper living the high-life in 1920s Istanbul. She needs to find her father (Wilford Brimley) before he is officially declared dead or risk losing her inheritance to his scheming business partner Bentik (Robert Morley). She hires WWI ace-pilot Patrick O'Malley (Tom Selleck) and his planes to locate her father. O'Malley is eager to take the job as he needs to leave town rather urgently himself. However, Eve, also an accomplished pilot, is determined to accompany him in his other aircraft, which causes the first of many arguments between Istanbul and China. Their journey in two biplanes (named Dorothy and Lillian) through six countries leads them to finally find the eccentric Bradley Tozer in China, where he is helping a small village defend against a local warlord. O'Malley and Eve help them to win the final battle, however their one remaining plane is damaged in the process, leaving their immediate future actions uncertain.

A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.

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