Hong Kong (series) - Rod Taylor (1960) - View over Central, Hong Kong

Well, the series was commissioned by 20th Century Fox television and got underway proper with real on location filming and a minor switch up in the regular cast - the Chief Inspector of Police role was handed to Lloyd Bochner whereas in the pilot it was played by Alex Davion. This is worth noting because as I mentioned in a previous post, the pilot was rehashed into a full length episode and Davion's scenes from the pilot were crowbarred back into plot. This first episode was called Clear for Action and had Frances Nuyen as a co-star - fresh from her breakdown that led to her removal from The World of Suzie Wong made earlier in the year.

Anyway, I also mentioned the mixed up words for the opening credits were also fixed and so here they are with a slightly different view across the harbour. It starts with the various banks, and moves eastwards taking in HMS Tamar before finishing with the west wing of the old Bowen Road Military Hospital (now the Carmel School).

Jack Kruschen played the character of Tully, a bar owner based on the character from Soldier of Fortune called Tweedie who, in turn, is thought originally to have been based on the real life character Edward Gingle. Coincidentally (or not), Kruschen also had a role in Soldier of Fortune. - he played the creep Austin Stoker who meets Hayward's character on board the ship as they arrive in Hong Kong.