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Synopsis: This low-budget Asian-set adventure concerns The reformed smuggler Stuart Allison finds his missing wife Marion in Hong Kong. Marion has fallen in with a bad crowd and is involved with narcotics and stolen government bonds, requiring Stuart to extricate her from her woes.
Director(s): John Cromwell
Production: Valiant Films
 
IMDB:
5.8
Year:
1959
79 min
40 Views


Sometimes when I look back,

it's like it happened

to two different people.

- It happened to us, Marion.

- Yes I know.

Give me a cigarette.

(slow, romantic

orchestral music)

Do you hate me?

Do you?

- No.

I don't know if that answers

your question though.

- You haven't changed

at all have you, Stu?

- I've changed.

- All means nothing to you now?

- I don't know.

- I thought about

you a great deal.

You don't know how many times

I've wanted to come back to you.

- But you always

managed to talk yourself

out of it, didn't you?

- Does it have to be like this?

Couldn't you just

believe me once?

Try to understand that I--

- Understand?

How do you expect

me to understand?

Marion, for three years lookin'

for you was my whole life.

I gave up everything that

meant anything to me.

I didn't know what made you go.

I didn't know why

you disappeared.

You could've been forced to

or you could even be dead.

All I could do is look for you.

I kept that up as

long as I could.

But I couldn't

keep it up forever.

And after a while, even

that didn't make any sense.

- We had a good

thing, didn't we?

- [Stuart] You want the truth?

I don't remember.

- Don't hate me, Stu.

Help me.

I'm all alone.

Please help me.

- Why did you do it, Marion?

- Don't ask me any questions.

Just be with me.

Just be with me.

(orchestral music)

- Marion?

(phone ringing)

Hello?

Who is it?

Just a minute.

He says it's your travel agency.

How'd they know you were here?

- Yes?

Yes but I--

No, I didn't.

No.

Yes, all right.

- Who was that?

I have to go, Stu.

I am here on business, you know.

And there's some

important things

I have to attend to.

- I'm coming with you.

- No.

It's just something I

have to do by myself.

- You're not going anywhere

without me, Marion.

- Get out of my way.

- Now listen to me.

I just want to help you.

I know you're in

some kind of trouble.

- I don't want

any help from you.

Now let me go.

Please Stu,

I know I've never given

you any reason to trust me,

but it's important that

I leave here alone.

Please don't ask me why.

I'm not in any

trouble, I swear it.

- I don't believe you.

Last night when I found you

you were full of--

- It won't take me long.

I'll just go do

what I have to do.

Then I'll go back to the

place where I'm staying

and pick up some things.

I'll meet you there

tonight if you like.

- Where?

- 143 Alvero on the north side.

I'll be ready at ten.

Please Stu, it's just for today.

Tonight I'll be with you.

I'll go with you

wherever you'd like.

- And you won't tell

me anything now?

- Tonight I will.

I'll never ask you for

anything else again.

Please.

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Eddie Romero

Edgar Sinco Romero (July 7, 1924 – May 28, 2013) was a Filipino film director, film producer and screenwriter. Romero was named National Artist of the Philippines in 2003, and his body of work delved into the history and politics of his country. His 1976 film Ganito Kami Noon…Paano Kayo Ngayon?, set at the turn of the 20th century during the revolution against the Spaniards and, later, the American colonizers, follows a naive peasant through his leap of faith to become a member of an imagined community. Aguila situated a family’s story against the backdrop of Filipino history, while Kamakalawa explored the folklore of prehistoric Philippines. Banta ng Kahapon, his "small" political film, was set against the turmoil of the late 1960s, tracing the connection of the underworld to the corrupt halls of politics. His 13-part series Noli Me Tangere brought Philippine national hero José Rizal's novel to a new generation of viewers. Romero directed some critically acclaimed war films in the early 1960s, such as Lost Battalion (1960), The Raiders of Leyte Gulf (1963) and The Walls of Hell (1964). Along with Filipino-language (Tagalog language) films, he made English-language films that became cult classics, like Black Mama, White Mama, Beast of the Yellow Night, The Woman Hunt, Beyond Atlantis and The Twilight People and worked with American actors like John Ashley and Pam Grier. Romero's films, the National Artist citation stated, "are delivered in an utterly simple style – minimalist, but never empty, always calculated, precise and functional, but never predictable." Quentin Tarantino drew on Twilight People as an inspiration for his "grindhouse" homages.Romero is especially known to horror film fans for his three "Blood Island" films from the late 1960s - Brides of Blood (1968), Mad Doctor of Blood Island (1969) and Beast of Blood (1970), which he directed and co-produced. Romero later called his American-financed “cult” films – including the “Blood Island” series – “the worst things I ever did”. When the kung fu craze started in the 1970s, Romero turned his back on the international market for Filipino films which he had virtually created. After 1976, he made smaller, more personal "art" films in Tagalog.Romero was born on July 7, 1924 to Jose E. Romero and his first wife, Pilar Guzman Sinco. Married to Carolina Gonzalez, Romero was also for a time the partner of actress Mila del Sol. He had three children: film director and MTRCB board member Joey Romero, Ancel Romero and Leo Romero. Eddie Romero was an alumnus of Silliman University. He died on May 28, 2013. He had been suffering from prostate cancer when he developed a blood clot in his brain more…

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