China's Little Devils (1945)
Out of the raging heart of China storms the first story of these reckless young guerillas...
In this propaganda film, a courageous group of Chinese children risk their lives to assist downed American pilots escape the ruthless Japanese oppressors.
- Date of release
- 1945-05-27
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Director
- Monta Bell
Casting
- Harry Carey — Doc Temple
- Paul Kelly — Big Butch Dooley
- 'Ducky' Louie — Little Butch Dooley
- Gloria Ann Chew — Betty Lou
- Hayward Soo Hoo — Little Joe Doakes
- Jimmie Dodd — Eddie
- Ralph Lewis — Harry
- Philip Ahn — Farmer
- Richard Loo — Colonel Huraji
- Wing Foo — Captain Subi
- Jean Wong — Nurse
- Fred Mah — Patrick
Interesting facts
China's Little Devils is a 1945 war film, directed by Monta Bell and starring Harry Carey, Paul Kelly and "Ducky" Louie. It is one of a number of Hollywood films dealing with the exploits of the Flying Tigers that began with the Republic Pictures production Flying Tigers (1942).
Production
Monogram Pictures had a history of B movie productions and China's Little Devils fits that scenario. The film utilized sequences from Flying Tigers (1942) as well, as the Curtiss P-40 mockups used in the earlier film.
Principal photography on China's Little Devils took place from June 30 until early August, 1944. Most of the filming took place on studio backlots.
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