Hell hunt to the end of the world

Movie
German title	Hell hunt to the end of the world
Original title	High Road to China
Country of production	USA , Yugoslavia
original language	English
Publishing year	1983
length	105 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Brian G. Hutton
script	S. Lee Pogostin
production	Fred Weintraub , ; Andre Morgan
music	John Barry
camera	Ronnie Taylor
cut	John Jympson
occupation
	Tom Selleck : Patrick O'Malley; Bess Armstrong : Eve 'Evie' Tozer; Jack Weston : Struts; Wilford Brimley : Bradley Tozer; Robert Morley : Bentik; Brian Blessed : Suleman Khan; Cassandra Gava : Alessa; Michael Sheard : Charlie Shane;

Road to the end of the world is an adventure film directed by Brian G. Hutton from the year 1983 . The main roles are played by Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong . The film is based on the novel Enterprise Drachenritt (original title: High Road to China ) by Jon Cleary .

action

Eve Tozer is a glamor girl and flapper who spends her wealthy father's money with full hands in Istanbul in the 1920s. During a party, her happiness is suddenly disturbed when an old friend tells her that she has to find her father within twelve days. Otherwise he would be officially declared dead, which would make her lose her claim to his inheritance and all the money would go to a former business partner named Bentik. She then hires the world war pilot ace Patrick O'Malley, who is supposed to support her with his planes in the search for her father. O'Malley takes on the task as he has to leave town for other reasons.

Her journey takes her through several countries, including Afghanistan and the province of Waziristan in what was then British India . Eventually, in the province of Xinjiang , China , they meet the eccentric Bradley Tozer, who is defending a small village against attacks by a warlord . O'Malley and Eve Tozer help him win the fight. However, Eve's father refuses to return to London with her. This has no disadvantages for Eve, as she loses the (almost worthless) company due to the alleged death of her father, but inherits the valuable patents.

Reviews

“'Hell Hunt to the End of the World' is not a terrible film, but it is lifeless. It follows the shape of the ' Hunter of the Lost Ark ' without finding its comic rhythms. The directing has a nice, steady pace, but without flair and without the feeling that anything would be risked. The film tells an absolutely standard story so that we never fear for the characters and hardly believe them. "

- ROGER EBERT

Awards

Saturn Award 1984

Nomination for Best Actress for Bess Armstrong
Nomination in the category Best Fantasy Film

literature

Jon Cleary : Company Drachenritt: Roman (original title: High Road to China ) (German by Hanny Bezzola ) Goldmann, Munich 1982, 414 pages. ISBN 3-442-06410-4

Web links

Road to the end of the world in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Footnotes

↑ " 'High Road to China' is not a terrible movie, but it's a lifeless one. It follows some of the forms of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' without ever finding the comic rhythms. It's directed at a nice, steady pace, but without flair and without the feeling that anything's being risked. And it tells such an absolutely standard story that we never fear for the characters and we hardly ever believe them. “ Review at rogerebert.suntimes.com.

[1] " 'High Road to China' is not a terrible movie, but it's a lifeless one. It follows some of the forms of 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' without ever finding the comic rhythms. It's directed at a nice, steady pace, but without flair and without the feeling that anything's being risked. And it tells such an absolutely standard story that we never fear for the characters and we hardly ever believe them. “ Review at rogerebert.suntimes.com.