Night Plane from Chungking

Night Plane from Chungking

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

NR 1943 · 69 min · ★ 6.5 · Action, Drama, Romance

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.

Directed by Ralph Murphy · Written by Theodore Reeves

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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

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