Night Plane from Chungking

Night Plane from Chungking (1943)

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

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.

Date of release
1943-05-31
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (2)
Runtime
1h 9m
Genres
Action, Drama, Romance
Director
Ralph Murphy

Casting

Interesting facts

Night Plane from Chungking is a 1943 American war film released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Ralph Murphy, and produced by Michael Kraike and Walter MacEwen from a screenplay by Lester Cole, Earl Fenton and Theodore Reeves, adapted by Sidney Biddell from the 1931 story by Harry Hervey. The film stars Robert Preston and Ellen Drew, with Otto Kruger and Stephen Geray.

Production

Principal photography on Night Plane from Chungking took place from mid-August to September 11, 1942.

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