The ship of Captain Tom Wilder, an American Merchant Mariner, is seized by the Chinese Communists, and he is imprisoned for two years. He is helped to escape using bribery and then given the uniform of a Soviet army officer to complete the ruse. He is transported to Chiku Shan village by a large Chinese man who will not divulge why he was broken out of prison.
The village headman, Mr. Tso, explains all to the captain when he arrives: Wilder has been recruited to transport the people of Chiku Shan out of Red China to the British port of Hong Kong. In order to do this Captain Wilder must use a stolen, wood-burning, flat-bottomed, 19th Century stern-wheel riverboat. He will also need to utilize his detailed memory of the China coast to make a handmade chart and use an unreliable magnetic compass by which to navigate. Finally, he must rely upon the determination of the villagers and use their other assets in order to escape......
Directed by William A. Wellman
Produced by John Wayne
Screenplay by Albert Sidney Fleischman
Based on the novel
by Albert Sidney Fleischman
Starring
John Wayne
Lauren Bacall
Paul Fix
Joy Kim
Anita Ekberg
Mike Mazurki
Berry Kroeger
Music by Roy Webb
Cinematography William H. Clothier
Edited by Fred McDowell
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