Film
Night Plane from Chungking
1943 · 1h 9m · Action · Drama · Romance
A Nation's Fate Flies by Night on a Secret Mission!
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Overview
Without lights and in a driving rain, a bus is lumbering along the muddy Assam Road en route from Chunking to the Indian border. Passengers include a European of unknown nationality, a missionary a French officer, and a White Russian. There is also an ancient Chinese lady on an important diplomatic mission to Indian and her traveling companion. The trip is halted when Japanese planes bomb the road and hit a munitions truck and kill many Chinese soldiers. The Chinese commander puts the wounded soldiers on the bus and directs it to a nearby secret airport where the officer in charge is an American attached to the Chinese Air Force.
Cast
Robert Preston
Nick Stanton
Ellen Drew
Ann Richards
Otto Kruger
Albert Pasavy
Steven Geray
Reverend Ven Der Lieden
Tamara Geva
Olga Karagin
Soo Yong
Madame Wu
Victor Sen Yung
Captain Po
Ernst Deutsch
Major Brissac
Allen Jung
Lieutenant Tang
Crew
- Ralph MurphyDirector
- Theodore ReevesWriter
- Lester ColeWriter
- Earl FentonWriter
- Sidney BiddellWriter
- Harry HerveyWriter
- Walter MacEwenProducer
- Michael KraikeProducer
- Theodor SparkuhlDirector of Photography
- Ellsworth HoaglandEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- May 31, 1943
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Rated
- NR
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Romance
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