What is China Gate / Play Dirty about?

CHINA GATE, 1957, Paramount, 97 min. Dir. Sam Fuller. Persuaded by promises from mercenary Gene Barry of getting her son to America, Eurasian Lucky Legs (Angie Dickinson) helps Barry and his partners (including Nat King Cole) on a trek to destroy Viet-Cong munitions. The catch is racist Barry is the boy’s father, and Dickinson must romance a Viet-Cong commander (Lee Van Cleef!). PLAY DIRTY, 1968, MGM Repertory, 117 min. Dir. Andre de Toth. Michael Caine is a skeptical officer leading a mission to blow up German fuel dumps in North Africa. A war film without illusions about the mechanics of survival in alien territory. Co-starring Nigel Davenport.

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What is China Gate / Play Dirty about?: CHINA GATE, 1957, Paramount, 97 min. Dir. Sam Fuller. Persuaded by promises from mercenary Gene Barry of getting her son to America, Eurasian Lucky Legs (Angie Dickinson) helps Barry and his partners (including Nat King Cole) on a trek to destroy Viet-Cong munitions. The catch is racist Barry is the boy’s father, and Dickinson must romance a Viet-Cong commander (Lee Van Cleef!).

PLAY DIRTY, 1968, MGM Repertory, 117 min. Dir. Andre de Toth. Michael Caine is a skeptical officer leading a mission to blow up German fuel dumps in North Africa. A war film without illusions about the mechanics of survival in alien territory. Co-starring Nigel Davenport.