It is a shame that the lease on Hong Kong held by the British Empire was only for 99 years. As the situation is today it would have been a great asset to the remainder of the world, apart from China, that is. I was there for the first time in 1963 on the Aircraft Carrier HMAs Melbourne., three years after this movie was released. There were some wonderful people there as well, both Chinese and European.
As for this movie, I have seen it many years ago and I was so happy to see this wonderful gem once more. I will also mention how wonderful Dame Athene Seyler always is in her performances. She is always the mother one never had.
According to the inflation calculator app on my phone a $20 bribe in 1960 is $203 in 2023. Yow! The movie plays it as a joke but corruption was and is the rule rather than the exception in the third world.
I asked Google where Canton was. It is now Guangzhou.
It is a shame that the lease on Hong Kong held by the British Empire was only for 99 years. As the situation is today it would have been a great asset to the remainder of the world, apart from China, that is. I was there for the first time in 1963 on the Aircraft Carrier HMAs Melbourne., three years after this movie was released. There were some wonderful people there as well, both Chinese and European.
As for this movie, I have seen it many years ago and I was so happy to see this wonderful gem once more. I will also mention how wonderful Dame Athene Seyler always is in her performances. She is always the mother one never had.
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At 17:00 guess who shows up ? Kato from Inspector Clouseau . . . a Comedy Gem !
According to the inflation calculator app on my phone a $20 bribe in 1960 is $203 in 2023. Yow! The movie plays it as a joke but corruption was and is the rule rather than the exception in the third world.
I asked Google where Canton was. It is now Guangzhou.
The Sparrow Massacre most facets of Mao’s Great Leap Forward was essentially nothing but another baseless sound bite to reinforce Mao’s ability to utilize mob rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign#%3A%7E%3Atext%3DThe_extermination_of_sparrows_-_also%2CChinese_Famine_of_1959-1961.?wprov=sfla1
It’s 1960 film, byt how quality is so good, i thought old films would be blurry until 80s
Loved it beautiful ❤