Hong Kong (series) - Rod Taylor (1960) - Central Police Station Compound, Central

One of the most commonly occurring locations for this show was the Central Police Compound off Hollywood Road in Central. This is because the secondary character throughout the whole series was Lloyd Bochner's rather well-spoken English Gent Police Chief Inspector, Neil Campbell, whose office was located here.

Hong Kong (series) - Rod Taylor (1960) - Pottinger Street, Central

The first shot following the opening credits of episode 4, Freebooter, is a glimpse up Pottinger Street from Queen's Road Central. This same shot is used again in Double Jeopardy.(ep:18) and The Runaway (ep:26).

Hong Kong (series) - Rod Taylor (1960) - Statue Square, Central

One of my favourite shots from the Freebooter episode is this one of Evans (Rod Taylor) parking his car in Statue Square and crossing Des Voeux Road Central. As you can see from the images below, this was a time when there were parking spaces to be had and Prince's Building was still around.

Hong Kong (series) - Rod Taylor (1960) - Queen's Road East, Wanchai

So, back to the black and white 1960's to continue with Rod Taylor's Hong Kong series. Next up is episode 4, Freebooter. The plot revolves around an old US air pilot who does "freebooter" work for whoever pays him money. One of his jobs has made him an enemy of a nearby country who are trying to get him back to answer for his past.

Like most other episodes, the actual on-location filming is minimal but there are some nice glimpses, including this brief shot up Queen's Road East from the direction of Hennessy Road/Queensway. You can make out the retaining wall on the right where the ARP portals are and Gwulo.com has an excellent colour picture of the old building (on the left) that sat on the corner plot now occupied by Generali Tower (formerly known as the Sincere Insurance Building before it was revamped). Although that colour image was shot in 1953 you can see that it looked more or less the same for the 1960 TV show.