Hong Kong

1h

Drama

Crime

Hong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into a major film star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. The series was a production of 20th Century Fox Television, and the final credit of each episode stated: "Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc. at its Hollywood studios and in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong".

Episodes

Cast

Blind Justice (30 min)

1. Blind Justice (30 min)

1h

1st Mar 1960

Correspondent Glenn Evans insists on showing the Hong Kong sights to Johnny McGuire , a sailor friend from back home and thereby sets off a stormy international incident.

Clear for Action

2. Clear for Action

1h

28th Sep 1960

Murder Royal

3. Murder Royal

1h

5th Oct 1960

Pearl Flower

4. Pearl Flower

1h

12th Oct 1960

Freebooter

5. Freebooter

1h

19th Oct 1960

A former American war pilot, Barney Vance, turns soldier of fortune flying a helicopter for a group of insurgents in a foreign country.

The Jade Empress

6. The Jade Empress

1h

26th Oct 1960

An absorbing little game of button, button, played with a valuable jade statue. A promise to a dying newsman to return a smuggled statue to its rightful owner almost costs Glenn Evans his life. There's the usual assortment of shady characters around, and each one seems to be hanging on to a little statue, real or faked. Of course, our heroes see to it that the rightful owner wins out at the end.

The Jumping Dragon

7. The Jumping Dragon

1h

2nd Nov 1960

The mysterious disappearance of the pilot of a southeast Asia airline plane triggers a frantic search for the key operatives of a gold smuggling syndicate.

Blind Bargain

8. Blind Bargain

1h

9th Nov 1960

American newspaperwoman Carol Pryor can't understand why Evans and Campbell are so concerned with her contacting a Red Chinese agent named Al Tong. All she wants is to get a story...

Colonel Cat

9. Colonel Cat

1h

16th Nov 1960

Roger Dalman is contacted by phone at a family party. His caller wants him to rush to the aid of a sick friend. He's intercepted by Colonel Okumara on his way. This man is commander of the Japanese prison camp were where Dalman was held during the war.

The Turncoat

10. The Turncoat

1h

23rd Nov 1960

Story of one of the GI turncoats who pauses in Hong Kong on his way back from China. His arrival is complicated by two pieces of excess baggage he carries with him—a beautiful Communist Chinese newspaper woman and a vest that conceals a shipment of narcotics. He has some wild idea of buying safety by turning the narcotics over to the police, reckoning without the justifiable wrath of the dealers expecting the dope.

To Catch a Star

11. To Catch a Star

1h

30th Nov 1960

Glen Evans’ search for a kidnapped movie actress leads to murder. Movie star Lisa Mario suddenly disappears, but Evans ignores the story as a publicity stunt.

Nine Lives

12. Nine Lives

1h

7th Dec 1960

Disclosure that one of his friends is Martin Frobisher, British traitor who broadcasted propaganda for Japan in the war, shocks American foreign correspondent Glenn Evans.

The Dragon Cup

13. The Dragon Cup

1h

14th Dec 1960

Kate Martin, photographer for an American woman's magazine, is taking routine shots of Hong Kong, when, for no apparent reason, a strange gentleman takes her camera--at gunpoint.

When Strangers Meet

14. When Strangers Meet

1h

21st Dec 1960

Andrew Manton, a respected diplomat arrives in Hong Kong where he meets private detective Ho-Guy. Manton's son was killed in an accident and Evans believes that he's having the incident investigated.

Suitable for Framing

15. Suitable for Framing

1h

4th Jan 1961

A night club singer [guest star Julie London] helps newsman Glenn Evans avoid the police while he clears himself of a murder charge.

Lesson in Fear

16. Lesson in Fear

1h

11th Jan 1961

Ships' purser Roger Ames fills his jacket with packages of money. The he visits the haberdashery, where a clerk removes his jacket and gives it to Mr. Dai, the store's proprietor.

The Survivor

17. The Survivor

1h

18th Jan 1961

Night Cry

18. Night Cry

1h

25th Jan 1961

Double Jeopardy

19. Double Jeopardy

1h

1st Feb 1961

Lady Godiva

20. Lady Godiva

1h

8th Feb 1961

The Hunted

21. The Hunted

1h

15th Feb 1961

With Deadly Sorrow

22. With Deadly Sorrow

1h

22nd Feb 1961

Murder by Proxy

23. Murder by Proxy

1h

1st Mar 1961

The Woman in Gray

24. The Woman in Gray

1h

8th Mar 1961

Love, Honor, and Perish

25. Love, Honor, and Perish

1h

15th Mar 1961

The Innocent Exile

26. The Innocent Exile

1h

22nd Mar 1961

The Runaway

27. The Runaway

1h

29th Mar 1961

First air date

1st Mar 1960

Last air date

29th Mar 1961

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

en

Networks