| High Road to China | |
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| Directed by | Brian G. Hutton |
| Screenplay by | Sandra Weintraub S. Lee Pogostin |
| Based on | High Road to China by Jon Cleary |
| Produced by | Fred Weintraub |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Ronnie Taylor |
| Edited by | John Jympson |
| Music by | John Barry |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures Umbrella Entertainment Fortune Star Media Limited |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Countries | United States Yugoslavia Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $28.4 million |
High Road to China (a.k.a. Raiders of the End of the World) is a 1983 American adventure-romance film set in the 1920s starring Tom Selleck in his first major starring role, playing a hard-drinking biplane pilot hired by society heiress Eve "Evie" Tozer (Bess Armstrong) to find her missing father (Wilford Brimley). The supporting cast includes Robert Morley and Brian Blessed. The Golden Harvest film (released by Warner Bros.) is loosely based on the 1977 novel of the same name by Jon Cleary. However, little beyond character names and the basic premise of an aerial race to China survived the translation to film.
While Brian G. Hutton ended up as the final director, originally, High Road to China was to be helmed by John Huston, and then Sidney J. Furie, before both left the project. The musical score was composed by John Barry. It was the 27th highest-grossing film of 1983, bringing in $28,445,927 at the domestic box office.[1]
- ^ "High Road to China". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved July 29, 2021.