High Road to China
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| Directed by | Brian G. Hutton |
| Produced by | Fred Weintraub |
| Written by | Jon Cleary S. Lee Pogostin Sandra Weintraub |
| Starring | Tom Selleck Bess Armstrong Jack Weston Wilford Brimley Robert Morley |
| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Ronnie Taylor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | March 18, 1983 |
| Running time | 105 min |
| Country | Yugoslavia United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $28,445,927 |
High Road to China is a 1983 adventure-comedy film, set in the 1920s, starring Tom Selleck as a hard-drinking biplane pilot hired by society heiress Eve 'Evie' Tozer (Bess Armstrong) to find her missing father (Wilford Brimley). The supporting cast includes Robert Morley and Brian Blessed. The Golden Harvest film (released by Warner Bros.) was directed by Brian G. Hutton, very loosely based on a novel by Australian author Jon Cleary. The musical score was composed by John Barry. It was the 27th highest grossing film of 1983, bringing in $28,445,927 at the domestic box office.[1]
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[edit] Cast
- Tom Selleck as Patrick O'Malley
- Bess Armstrong as Eve 'Evie' Tozer
- Jack Weston as Struts
- Wilford Brimley as Bradley Tozer
- Robert Morley as Bentik
- Brian Blessed as Suleman Khan
[edit] Plot
Eve Tozer (Bess Armstrong) is a society heiress and flapper living the high-life in 1920s Istanbul. She needs to find her father (Wilford Brimley) before he is officially declared dead or risk losing her inheritance to his scheming partner Bentik (Robert Morley). She hires WWI ace-pilot Patrick O'Malley (Tom Selleck) and his planes to locate her father. O'Malley is eager to take the job as he needs to leave town rather urgently himself. However, Eve, also an accomplished pilot, is determined to accompany him in his other aircraft, which causes the first of many arguments between London and China.
Their journey in two biplanes (named Dorothy and Lillian) through six countries leads them to finally find the eccentric Bradley Tozer in China, where he is helping a small village to fight against an invading warlord. O'Malley and Eve help them to win the final battle, but Eve's father refuses to return with her to London.
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The film is regarded as one of the better imitators that populated movie theaters in the years following "Raiders of the Lost Ark".[citation needed] Rumor has it that it was "given" to Selleck as a sort of consolation prize for having to pass on "Raiders of the Lost Ark" due to scheduling conflicts with Magnum, P.I.[citation needed]
In early development, this film was slated to star Roger Moore and Bo Derek.[citation needed]
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