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Soldier of fortune or Soldier of Fortune may refer to: Mercenary, sometimes known as a soldier of fortune; Film. Soldier of Fortune, starring Clark Gable and Susan Hayward; Soldier of Fortune, an Italian film starring Bud Spencer; Laser Mission, a 1990 film also titled Soldier of Fortune, featuring Brandon Lee and Ernest.
This was the seventh film telecast on 'NBC Saturday Night at the Movies', the first television program to exclusively broadcast post-1948 theatrical films on US network television. This one was first telecast 4 November 1961, and like the opener of the series, How to Marry a Millionaire, and several others which followed, had been filmed in CinemaScope, at its original 2.55:1 ratio, and so had to be 'formatted to fit your screen' i.e.
Shown pan/scan in the conventional 4:3 TV ratio, losing nearly half of the image in the process, and literally destroying the composition of each scene. But viewers didn't seem to mind. The idea proved so successful that NBC soon followed it up with another series with the identical format, 'Monday Night at the Movies', and it wasn't long before the format was taken up by both CBS and ABC. According to Erskine Johnson's 'In Hollywood' syndicated column in November 1954, when it appeared that Susan Hayward would withdraw from the production, Gable was said to be seeking as a replacement either Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Audrey Hepburn or Deborah Kerr.
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In the event, Hayward stayed in the film. (Newspaper Enterprise Association, 'Ingrid Bergman Now Ready For Movietown Comeback,' The San Bernardino Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California, Wednesday 17 November 1954, Volume LXI, Number 67, page 12.).
The Clark Gable Fox Classics Collection Volume One consists of Call of the Wild, Soldier of Fortune and The Tall Men. Studio 1: Fox Video Release Date: 2006-08-15 Animated: Live-action Presenting Hollywood's most debonair leading man showcased in three of his most thrilling classics! 'Clark Gable Collection' includes: 'Call Of The Wild' - An all-star cast of Hollywood favorites - including Clark Gable, Loretta Young, Reginald Owens and Sidney Toler - highlights this soaring adaptation of the celebrated Jack London novel about an unlikely pair - a ne'er-do-well gambler and a half-breed wolf dog - in the rugged lands of Alaska. Jack Thornton (Gable) is an adventurer who travels the Yukon in search of gold. When he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog with the strength of his part-wolf ancestry, Jack's luck changes. A winning $1,000 bet on Buck's stamina is only the first of the rewards that his friendship with the canine will bring.
When the pair, along with Jack's friend Shorty (Jack Oakie), happen upon a woman who's lost her husband in the wild, they begin their greatest adventure yet in this rousing tale of camaraderie and adventure. 'Soldier Of Fortune' - Clark Gable and Susan Hayward star in this rousing adventure about a woman whose husband has been unjustly imprisoned behind the red curtain.and about the dashing-yet-dubious mercenary she hopes can bring him home. Jane Hoyt (Hayward) becomes desperate when she learns that her photojournalist husband (Gene Barry) has been arrested and is enduring brutal torture by his captors in China. But when the US Consulate refuses to help, Jane turns to Hank Lee (Gable) - a smuggler and soldier of fortune who just may be the most dangerous man on the South Seas!
'The Tall Men' - Clark Gable and Robert Ryan battle outlaws, Indians, nature - and each other - in this sprawling Western about a torturous cattle drive from Texas to Montana in the days following the Civil War. The Allison Brothers, Ben (Gable) and Clint (Cameron Mitchell) are ex-Confederate soldiers now trying their hands at bank robbery. But one attempt to get rich quick leads them into the company of Nathan Stark (Ryan), a Texas cattle baron with a huge herd to get to market, and the beautiful Nella (Jane Russell), for whose attentions Bane and Nathan compete. A rugged and rowdy adventure where both bullets and fists fly, 'The Tall Men' is towering entertainment. Audio Commentary, Restoration Comparisons, Photo Galleries, Original Theatrical Trailers. Subtitles: English (Closed Captioned). Warning:“⚠ WARNING: This product can expose you to some chemicals, which is known to the State of California to cause For more information, go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.”.
Charles Stevens, Buck, Clark Gable, Richard Loo, Tom Tully, Susan Hayward, Gene Barry, Lalo Encinas, Harry Shannon, Soo Yong, Tommy Jackson, Jack Raine, Jane Russell, Thomas E. Jackson, Tom Fadden, Robert Ryan, Frank Conroy, Loretta Young, Tom Wilson, Mel Welles, Robert Adler, Russell Collins, Juan Garc?a, Herman Bing, Alex D'Arcy, Mae Marsh, Sidney Toler, Reginald Owen, Jack Oakie, Michael Rennie, George MacQuarrie, Leo Gordon, Russell Simpson, Anna Sten, Stevan Darrell, James Burke, Will Wright, Frank Tang, Katherine DeMille, Cameron Mitchell, Jack Kruschen, Russ Powell, Emile MeyerDuration.
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