Season 1 • Episode 27
LatestHong 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".
Acting
Rod Taylor's effortless charm—he's basically auditioning for The Birds.
Production
Rare on-location Hong Kong footage in early '60s TV—visual time capsule.
Cinematography
Fox bringing cinematic gloss to the small screen before it was cool.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rod Taylor left after one season for film stardom, making this essentially his extended audition reel.
The show aired during Hong Kong's 1960s manufacturing boom, yet depicts it as mysterious Oriental playground—telling time capsule of Western gaze.
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