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Night Plane from Chungking (1943)

A Nation's Fate Flies by Night on a Secret Mission!

Genre : Action, Drama, Romance

Runtime : 1H 9M

Director : Ralph Murphy

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Robert Preston
Robert Preston
Nick Stanton
Ellen Drew
Ellen Drew
Ann Richards
Otto Kruger
Otto Kruger
Albert Pasavy
Steven Geray
Steven Geray
Reverend Ven Der Lieden
Tamara Geva
Tamara Geva
Olga Karagin
Soo Yong
Soo Yong
Madame Wu
Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung
Captain Po
Ernst Deutsch
Ernst Deutsch
Major Brissac
Allen Jung
Allen Jung
Lieutenant Tang

Crews

Ralph Murphy
Ralph Murphy
Director
Earl Fenton
Earl Fenton
Writer
Theodore Reeves
Theodore Reeves
Writer
Lester Cole
Lester Cole
Writer
Sidney Biddell
Sidney Biddell
Writer
Harry Hervey
Harry Hervey
Writer
Michael Kraike
Michael Kraike
Producer
Walter MacEwen
Walter MacEwen
Producer
Theodor Sparkuhl
Theodor Sparkuhl
Director of Photography
Gerard Carbonara
Gerard Carbonara
Music
Ellsworth Hoagland
Ellsworth Hoagland
Editor
Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
William Flannery
William Flannery
Art Direction
Earl S. Hayman
Earl S. Hayman
Sound
Philip Wisdom
Philip Wisdom
Sound

Posters and backgrounds

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