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Adaptation of
High Road to China : A Novel
1977
single work
novel
Issue Details:
First known date:
1983...
1983
High Road to China
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Film Details - City Films ; Golden Harvest Company ; Jadran Films ; Pan Pacific Productions , 1983
Producers:
Raymond Chow (executive producer).
Fred Weintraub (producer).
Production Companies:
City Films (USA).
Golden Harvest Company (Hong Kong).
Jadran Film (then Yugoslavia).
Pan Pacific Productions (USA).
Director of Photography:
Ronnie Taylor.
Editors:
John Jympson.
Production Designers:
Robert W. Laing.
Music:
John Barry.
Cast:
Including Tom Selleck (Patrick O' Malley), Bess Armstrong (Eve), Jack Weston (Struts), Wilford Brimley (Bradley Tozer), Robert Morley (Bentik), Brian Blessed (Suleman Khan), Cassandra Gava (Alessa), Michael Sheard (Charlie), and Lynda [Marchal] La Plante (Lina).
Release Dates:
18 March 1983 (USA).
21 April 1983 (Australia).
Location:
- Filmed in the UK and (former) Yugoslavia.
- Set during an aerial trip from Istanbul to China.
Awards:
- Saturn Award (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA), Best Fantasy Film (nominated), 1984.
- Saturn Award (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA), Best Actress)(nominated), 1984
Settings:
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cTurkey,cMiddle East, Asia,
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cChina,cEast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
- 1920s
