China Gate (1957)

China Gate (1957)

 

China Gate is a 1957 American CinemaScope war film written, produced and directed by Samuel Fuller and released through 20th Century Fox

   

The film is set during the First Indochina War (1946–1954), and depicts the relationship between a sergeant of the French Foreign Legion and the Eurasian wife whom he had abandoned

Sergeant Brock and Goldie are American Korean War veterans now serving as French Foreign Legion mercenaries in the First Indochina War

 Brock's wife is a "half caste" Chinese-European named "Lucky Legs" who resorts to smuggling to feed her five-year-old son she had with Brock

Brock abandoned her and the baby when he was born with Asian features, feeling a "half breed" would not be welcome in America; an attitude towards miscegenation prevalent at the time

 

China Gate (1957)

China Gate (1957)

China Gate (1957)

China Gate (1957)

China Gate (1957)