China Girl (1942)


China Girl
Release Date09 December 1942
TaglineCaptain Fifi...115 pounds of curses, crookedness and kisses!
GenreDrama, Action, Adventure, War
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassAdventure Drama, Romantic Adventure, War Drama
ThemesWomen During Wartime, Fish Out of Water, Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance, Heroic Mission, Opposites Attract
TonesRousing, Bittersweet, Tense, Sweeping, Atmospheric, Heartwarming
TagsBehind Enemy Lines, Escape, Photographer, POW (Prisoner Of War), War

China Girl is a 1942 drama film which follows the exploits of a newsreel photographer in China and Burma against the backdrop of World War II. The film was directed by Henry Hathaway, and stars Gene Tierney, George Montgomery, Lynn Bari and Victor McLaglen.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Miss Haoli Young

Johnny 'Bugsy' Williams

Captain Fifi

Major Bull Weed

Flyer Bill Jones

Jarubi

Shorty McGuire

Chandu - Hindu boy

Sugar Fingers, the Entertainer

Dr. Kai Young

Captain Haynes

Paul Fung
Japanese Governor

Lal Chand Mehra
Desk Clerk

Kam Tong
Japanese Doctor

Oie Chan
Mrs. Foo - Housekeeper

Eddie Das
Bellboy

Chester Gan
Japanese Officer

Allen Jung
Japanese Officer

Fred Kohler Jr.
Flyer

Eddie Lee
Doctor

Billy Moya
Chinese Boy

Bobbie Moya
Chinese Boy

Flyer

Aviator

2nd Desk Clerk

Beal Wong
Japanese Sergeant - Jailer

Bruce Wong
Officer

Director

Producer

producer, writer

producer

producer,

Original Music

Hugo Friedhofer
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Cinematographer

Editor

James B. Clark
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Art Director

Wiard Ihnen
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Set Decorator

Thomas Little
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Walter M. Scott
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Costume Designer

Earl Luick
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Makeup Department

Guy Pearce
makeup artist

Sound Department

Roger Heman Sr.
sound

E. Clayton Ward
sound

Stunts

Sol Gorss
stunt double: George Montgomery

Music Department

musical director

Production Company

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Distributor

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Silver Screen Archive






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