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Eventually we learn that Cotten is on his way to operate on a Nationalist general (Chung), but then he is kidnapped by a bandit general (Wan) and held as hostage for Wan's son (Wang or 'Young Wan'). As an added complication, Mrs. Wan is out to kill her husband in revenge for the murder of another son (Fang). At any point it's impossible to tell the Nationalists from the bandits, or the Fangs from the Yangs; apparently Joseph Cotten can't tell either, for the shoots them all indiscriminately as the picture ends...
...seemed that such luxuries had gone to the heads of some of the labor heroes: the Red press was full of warnings to the pampered patriots. Peking's People's Daily chided Labor Hero Wang Chung-hao, a Manchurian, who "became so arrogant and lazy, following his being named a labor hero, that his team subsequently turned in a very miserable result." Equally guilty was Shen Chao-ai, who got so involved with meetings, discussions, and visits from admirers that he stayed away from work for 90 days last year and had to be fined 2.7 piculs...
Last week Lieut. Colonel Hess (220 missions in the Korean war) and his outfit were honored by President Syngman Rhee and General Kim Chung Yul, commander of the South Korean air force. Rhee gave them a presidential unit citation, and Hess was personally awarded an ox-traditional Korean prize for champion archers and fencers. The prize drew amiable jeers from Hess's compatriots. "Hey, colonel," yelled a tousle-headed pilot from Illinois, "all you need now is half an acre of land and you can settle down here for life...
History Professor Nieh Chung-chi: "I once signed my name to an open letter asking for American aid to China . . . Now I realize that I wanted to assist Chiang Kai-shek in murdering the people of China...
Language Instructor Huang Chi-chung: "I studied in two American missionary schools, and served as an interpreter for the American Army. I wanted to be an American, and I was greatly pleased when people said I resembled an American. Such is the evil influence of American imperialist aggression...