The Dawn Express

The Dawn Express (1942)

Lured into a trap by a Mata Hari... the lives of his loved ones was the price demanded for his honor!

A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for U.S. Army aviation use. Two U.S. chemical companies are developing the formula, with each working on half for security purposes. The spies get half the formula and know that either of two chemists, Robert Norton or Tom Fielding, knows the rest. They capture Fielding, through a ruse by gang member Linda Pavlo, and threaten the life of his sister Nancy and his mother if he does not give them the formula. To protect his friend Fielding, who does know the formula and is engaged to Nancy, Tom pretends to know the secret and boards the Dawn Express plane with the spy leader and his gang.

Date of release
1942-03-27
TMDB
5.1 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 2m
Genres
Action, Adventure, War
Director
Albert Herman

Casting

Interesting facts

The Dawn Express (aka Dawn Express and Nazi Spy Ring is a 1942 American film directed by Albert Herman. The film stars Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell and Constance Worth.

Production

Principal photography on The Dawn Express with the working title of Nazi Sky Ring, began January 30, 1942, at Sunset Studio. Stock footage of a Douglas DST was used. The Dawn Express was typical of the films produced early in World War II that concentrated on enemy espionage. Often rushed into production as B films, the plot was usually grafted onto mystery or western films.

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