Synopsis
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
Season 11E1Blind Justice (30 min)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.60m2E2Clear for Action60m3E3Murder Royal60m4E4Pearl Flower60m5E5FreebooterA former American war pilot, Barney Vance, turns soldier of fortune flying a helicopter for a group of insurgents in a foreign country.60m6E6The Jade EmpressAn 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.60m7E7The Jumping DragonThe mysterious disappearance of the pilot of a southeast Asia airline plane triggers a frantic search for the key operatives of a gold smuggling syndicate.60m8E8Blind BargainAmerican 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...60m9E9Colonel CatRoger 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.60m10E10The TurncoatStory 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.60m11E11To Catch a StarGlen 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.60m12E12Nine LivesDisclosure that one of his friends is Martin Frobisher, British traitor who broadcasted propaganda for Japan in the war, shocks American foreign correspondent Glenn Evans.60m13E13The Dragon CupKate 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.60m14E14When Strangers MeetAndrew 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.60m15
Suitable for FramingA night club singer [guest star Julie London] helps newsman Glenn Evans avoid the police while he clears himself of a murder charge.60m16E16Lesson in FearShips' 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.60m17E17The Survivor60m18E18Night Cry60m19E19Double Jeopardy60m20E20Lady Godiva60m21E21The Hunted60m22E22With Deadly Sorrow60m23E23Murder by Proxy60m24E24The Woman in Gray60m25E25Love, Honor, and Perish60m26E26The Innocent Exile60m27E27The Runaway60m
Suitable for FramingA night club singer [guest star Julie London] helps newsman Glenn Evans avoid the police while he clears himself of a murder charge.60m16E16Lesson in FearShips' 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.60m17E17The Survivor60m18E18Night Cry60m19E19Double Jeopardy60m20E20Lady Godiva60m21E21The Hunted60m22E22With Deadly Sorrow60m23E23Murder by Proxy60m24E24The Woman in Gray60m25E25Love, Honor, and Perish60m26E26The Innocent Exile60m27E27The Runaway60mCast
