"China Smith" (1952)Serie TV

Directors:

Gene Fowler Jr.
Leslie Goodwins

Writers:

Robert C. Dennis (writer)
Jack Laird (writer)

Seasons:

unknown

Data di uscita:

giugno 1952 (USA)

Genere:

Adventure

Plot:

Con artist and private eye China Smith works out of a bar in Singapore, roaming Asia in search of beautiful...

Plot Keywords:

Asia | Private Eye | Character Name In Title

Recensioni degli utenti:

Odd how memories happen

Cast

Dan Duryea	...	China Smith (11 episodes)
Douglass Dumbrille	...	Inspector Hobson (7 episodes)
Myrna Dell	...	'Empress' Shira / ... (7 episodes)
Clarence Lung	...	Johnny Fong / ... (5 episodes)

Durata:

30 min

Nazionalità:

USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Bianco e nero

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Company:

Nick Terzian Agency (NTA)

Curiosità:

This filmed syndicated series was actually produced with a two-year gap. The first 26 installments were shot on location in Mexico in 1952. The second 26 shot in 1954-55 were sold to stations as "The New Adventures of China Smith" (1954).

Movie Connections:

Seguito da "The New Adventures of China Smith" (1954)

Odd how memories happen

As I sat watching the DVD of the original "The Flight of the Phoenix", I was struck by seeing Dan Duryea. In my mind I kept seeing him in a white suit, on a black and white television screen. One of the joys of the IMDb is that one can find evidence of strange memories. We got our first television set in 1953; I was eight years old. I did not recall until now but I watched "China Smith"! The memories from so long ago include Duryea's insouciance (a word I am sure I did not know in the early 1950s), the exotic locales and the beautiful women. Particularly the beautiful women. *sigh* There was an appeal to the anti-hero China Smith and though this series was hardly as influential, either generally or personally, as something like "Maverick", it still deserves to be remembered by a comment in the IMDb.