China Girl (1942)
Captain Fifi...115 pounds of curses, crookedness and kisses!
95 min
Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.
- Release date
- December 9, 1942
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $1,400,000
Cast
- Gene Tierney as Miss Haoli Young
- George Montgomery as Johnny Williams
- Lynn Bari as Captain Fifi
- Victor McLaglen as Maj. Bull Weed
- Alan Baxter as Bill Jones
- Sig Ruman as Jarubi
- Myron McCormick as Shorty McGuire
- Robert Blake as Chandu
- Ann Pennington as Entertainer
- Philip Ahn as Dr. Young
Crew
- Henry Hathaway · Director
- Ben Hecht · Writer
- Darryl F. Zanuck · Writer
- Ben Hecht · Producer
- Hugo Friedhofer · Composer
- Lee Garmes · Cinematographer
- James B. Clark · Editor