During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia.During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia.During WW1, an alcoholic American biplane pilot is hired by the spoiled daughter of an industrialist to find her father who disappeared in Asia.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Lynda La Plante
- Lina
- (as Lynda Marchal)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaActress Bess Armstrong once said of her co-star Tom Selleck whilst doing publicity for the picture: "He is real gorgeous, and he has some real power now, but he doesn't use that, or his charm, to exploit women. He genuinely seems to like women. For an actor, that's rare".
- GoofsAircraft from this era did not have wireless radios.
- Quotes
Struts: Hey, ace, would you do me a little favor, please?
Patrick O' Malley: Yeah, sure.
Struts: Just remember that, uh, remember the - the ox is slow, but the earth is patient.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Never Tell Me Never (1998)
Featured review
Good old-fashioned chemistry
Brian G. Hutton's "High Road To China" is a classic example of good old fashioned chemistry. Lost-generation flapper hires boozy WW-I flying ace to help find her father, lost somewhere in China, to avoid losing her inheritance. You just know that they will eventually get together, and plenty of facial expressions and body language promise an ending that eventually delivers. Some great scenery and flying scenes, and burly he-manning from Brian Blessed, keep you in stitches. If this had been filmed in black and white in the 40s, it would have been up there with Casablanca, et al. Lots of low-expectation fun.
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- Chicago_Jake
- Jun 22, 2001
Details
Box office
- Budget
- $19,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $28,445,927
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,156,049
- Mar 20, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $28,445,927
- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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