High Road to China

Take the High Road to China... for an adventure you'll never forget.

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A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.

Released: Mar 18, 1983

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Tom Selleck

Patrick O' Malley

Bess Armstrong

Eve 'Evie' Tozer

Wilford Brimley

Bradley Tozer

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