Review of China Gate

China Gate (1957)
4/10
Woof-woof, it's a dog but it may be the first U.S. movie that mentioned Ho Chi Minh.
9 January 2001
Nat King Cole acts and sings in this one and that just might be the only item of interest in a very bad movie with one distinction: it has Americans fighting in Vietnam in 1957.

We're talking about a few mercenaries (like Gene Barry) who just can't get enough military action and just love killing Commies. Ah, the good old days...

Angie Dickinson is your typical half-Chinese, half-American loving mother/double agent/saboteur who drinks heavily but never shows it. Her cute little Chinese son has been spurned by father Barry, whose racist tendencies keep erupting throughout the movie.

It's violent, stiff and dumb. There's something about movies that use "gate" in the title--"Heaven's Gate," for example.
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