Burma Convoy (1941)
TERROR AT EVERY TURN! DEATH AT EVERY PASS!
A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.
- Date of release
- 1941-10-16
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Genres
- Adventure, Action
- Director
- Noel M. Smith
Casting
- Charles Bickford — Cliff Weldon
- Evelyn Ankers — Ann McBragel
- Frank Albertson — Mike Weldon
- Cecil Kellaway — Angus McBragel
- Willie Fung — Smitty
- Keye Luke — Lin Taiyen
- Turhan Bey — Mr. Yuchau
- Truman Bradley — Victor Harrison
- Ken Christy — Hank
- C. Montague Shaw — Major Hart
- Harry Stubbs — Hubert
- Chester Gan — Keela
Interesting facts
Burma Convoy is a 1941 American war film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Charles Bickford, Evelyn Ankers and Frank Albertson. Produced and distributed by Universal Pictures as a second feature, it is about a truck convoy on the Burma Road. It was also known by the alternative title Halfway to Shanghai.
Production
The film was announced in April 1941 as Halfway to Shanghai. It was an early lead role for Evelyn Ankers who had joined the studio after being on stage in Ladies in Retirement. Filming took place in April and May 1941.
The film was one of a number being set in the Burma Road around this time, others including A Yank on the Burma Road, Burma Road and Over the Burma Road, with the latter two not being filmed.
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