Made by the same production set-up on the same lot that was producing the 1953-54 "China Smith/Captain China" TV series that starred Dan Duryea as soldier-of-fortune
China Smith| using many of the same players that were regulars on the TV series| including Douglass Dumbrille| as head of the British Intelligence| and the same
"Singapore"| British Colony colonials and China sets used on the series. In this instance| they had the good grace to actually make a "new" film rather than just
paste two of the TV episodes together and sending it out as a "new" movie as many of the TV production companies were doing at the time| i.e.| the producers of the
"Ramar of the Jungle" and Guy Madison's "Wild Bill Hickok" series. And changed the role names of Duryea and Dumbrille| but the Duryea character is still "China
Smith." And hired a good director. This time out China Smith...uh.....Mike Callahan (Dan Duryea)| because of his friendship with Julian March (Patric
Knowles)|becomes involved with a ...