Film

Night Plane from Chungking

1943 · 1h 9m · Action · Drama · Romance

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

IMDb

6.4

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.

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

• Ralph MurphyDirector
• Earl FentonWriter
• Theodore ReevesWriter
• Lester ColeWriter
• Sidney BiddellWriter
• Harry HerveyWriter
• Michael KraikeProducer
• Walter MacEwenProducer
• Theodor SparkuhlDirector of Photography
• Ellsworth HoaglandEditor

Release date

May 31, 1943

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 9m

Rated

NR

Genres

Action, Drama, Romance

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