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Night Plane from Chungking
“A Nation's Fate Flies by Night on a Secret Mission!”
6.5 / 10• 1943• 1h 9m•NR• English
ActionDramaRomance
Storyline
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 & Crew
Robert Preston
Nick Stanton
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ralph Murphy's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Night Plane from Chungking is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
