The read
It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Ralph MurphyDirector
- Earl FentonWriter
- Theodore ReevesWriter
- Lester ColeWriter
- Sidney BiddellWriter
- Harry HerveyWriter
Cast
- Robert PrestonNick Stanton
- Ellen DrewAnn Richards
- Otto KrugerAlbert Pasavy
- Steven GerayReverend Ven Der Lieden
- Tamara GevaOlga Karagin
- Soo YongMadame Wu
- Victor Sen YungCaptain Po
- Ernst DeutschMajor Brissac
- Allen JungLieutenant Tang
Stills
Themes
world war iichinese