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5/10
quota quickie set in shanghai
17 August 2015
At the time this film was made the international settlement in Shanghai was much in the headlines.It was an area inhabited as a refuge by the various foreign colonialists whilst the war raged between the Chinese and the Japanese.It was shown in blockbuster scale some years ago in Empire of the Sun. Despite being made at Pinewood this is very much quota quickie territory.Patrick Barr is a wounded flier fleeing from the Japanese.He falls for the nurse treating him.Unfortunately her estranged husband is treating him and wants him out the way immediately. One can only assume that the writer couldn't work out how to get the film to run the required length as a Chinese variety show fills a few minutes.The story is clichés,and the production is rather poverty stricken but it holds the attention.
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