James Byrne
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Indy fans might enjoy a Ronald Reagan - Errol Flynn boy's own war adventure called DESPERATE JOURNEY.
It's a hoot!
It's a hoot!
Boy, you weren't kidding, James. Thank you ever so much. Ronald Reagan IS Indiana Jones!James Byrne said:Fans of Indiana Jones should absolutely try and get a copy of this flick. Your mouths will drop to the floor when you first see Ronald Reagan.
Stoo said:Boy, you weren't kidding, James. Thank you ever so much. Ronald Reagan IS Indiana Jones!
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If you're wondering where Indiana Jones came from, here it is. The picture starts off with an American adventurer on a cargo plane in China, a husky, middle-aged Irish-American brunette. He's wearing a brown leather pilot's jacket and a matching fedora, and finds a young Chinese boy stowing away behind some cargo. Except for the extravagant action shots, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom follows the Reagan plot more or less perfectly for the first twenty minutes. I wonder if it was a deliberate rip-off on the part of Spielberg, or a subconscious "homage"?
After that, it's a reasonably pleasant 1950's spy thriller, with the good guy holding off the insidious red menace until the next time, saving both the foxy damsel in distress and the cute little Chinese boy.
A fun watch in and of itself, typical of the times and genre, and interesting as a bit of history, a probably unwitting building block for one of Hollywood's best known series.
Hong Kong Phooey!Montana Smith said:Hong Kong Phooey!
This person must have been smoking crack. It doesn't start on a cargo plane and Reagan finds the kid before even getting on it. He's not a stow-away. The film isn't a spy thriller and Reagan isn't 'holding off the insidious red menace'. The 1st twenty minutes of "Doom" perfectly follows the plot of "Hong Kong"?!? What movie were they watching?someone at IMDB said:The picture starts off with an American adventurer on a cargo plane in China,...
...and finds a young Chinese boy stowing away behind some cargo. Except for the extravagant action shots, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom follows the Reagan plot more or less perfectly for the first twenty minutes...
After that, it's a reasonably pleasant 1950's spy thriller, with the good guy holding off the insidious red menace until the next time,...
Stoo said:Hong Kong Phooey!
Hong Kong Phooey, he's a #1 super guy
Hong Kong Phooey, quicker than the human eye
Bom chicky bom diddly dong BOW WOW WOW!
Stoo said:This person must have been smoking crack. It doesn't start on a cargo plane and Reagan finds the kid before even getting on it. He's not a stow-away. The film isn't a spy thriller and Reagan isn't 'holding off the insidious red menace'. The 1st twenty minutes of "Doom" perfectly follows the plot of "Hong Kong"?!? What movie were they watching?
stoo said:@JuniorJones: Great images! I like the poster.:
Stoo said:
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James Byrne said:There is an amazing story about Reagan as Brass Bancroft. The movies were very popular with the kids of the day and the series had a fan base, the "Junior Secret Service Club" which could be joined. One of those kids was called Jerry Parr who loved the second movie in the series, CODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE, and made his dad take him to see it on numerous occassions. That movie inspired Parr to become a real Secret Service agent and he went to to save Ronald Reagan's life during an assassination attempt on his life on 30 March 1981.
Afterwards Parr told Reagan about his boyhood idolatry of Brass Bancroft, and how much he loved CODE OF THE SECRET SERVICE. "Why that was the worst movie I ever made!" retorted Reagan. Parr explained, "Well, Mr. President, for a kid like me, that movie made the life of an agent seem exciting and worthwhile. You know, when you made that movie you determined your own destiny".