Hong Kong Confidential (1958 film)

Hong Kong Confidential is a 1958 American film noir crime film directed by Edward L. Cahn starring Gene Barry, Beverly Tyler and Allison Hayes.

Plot
Agent Casey Reed is tasked to find a missing prince (played by an un-credited Michael Barry) of the small Arab nation Thamen who was kidnapped by Communists who want to prevent him from signing an agreement that would allow the United States build a missile base there. Reed masquerades as a singer in a nightclub, but he is captured by the Communists, who plan to kill the two of them in order to blame the kidnapping on the Americans.

Cast

 * Gene Barry as Agent Casey Reed
 * Beverly Tyler as Fay Wells
 * Allison Hayes as Elena Martine
 * Ed Kemmer as Frank Paige
 * Michael Pate as John Blanchard
 * Rico Alaniz as Fernando
 * Philip Ahn as Tan Chung
 * King Calder as Dan Young
 * Noel Drayton as Owen Howard

Reception
Leonard Maltin described it as a "Harmless B film about Anglo-American agents rescuing a kidnapped Arabian prince.", while giving it 2.5 out of 4 stars.