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  • Night Plane from Chungking (1943)
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    69 min | Drama
Night Plane from Chungking (1943)
Approved
69 min | Drama

Without lights and in a driving rain, a bus is lumbering along the muddy Assam Road en route from Chungking to the Indian border. Passengers include Albert Pasavy (Otto Kruger), a European of unknown nationality; a missionary, the Rev. Dr....See moreWithout lights and in a driving rain, a bus is lumbering along the muddy Assam Road en route from Chungking to the Indian border. Passengers include Albert Pasavy (Otto Kruger), a European of unknown nationality; a missionary, the Rev. Dr. Van Der Linden (Steven Geray); a French officer Major Raoul Brissac (Ernst Deutsch as Ernest Dorian) and Countess Olga Karagin (Tamara Geva), a White Russian. There are also Madame Wu (Soo Yong), an ancient Chinese lady on an important diplomatic mission to India, and her traveling companion, Ann Richards (Ellen Drew), an American Red Cross nurse. The trip is halted after 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 Captain Nick Stanton (Robert Preston), an American attached to the Chinese Air Force. Stanton is ordered to fly the bus passengers to India and, before the take-off, he discovers that the Countess is a spy and he has her sent back to Chungking. Flying high over the mountainous Japanese-infested country, the plane is attacked by Zero fighter planes and makes a crash landing in the jungle. Just before the radio goes dead, Stanton is informed by Chungking of Olga's suicide after confessing that her superior is aboard the India-bound plane. Stanton still has to get Madame Wu to India and Van Der Linden suggests that the Buddhist monks in a near-by monastery will be happy to help. Or, perhaps, maybe they won't. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writers
Earl Fenton (screenplay) | Theodore Reeves (screenplay) | Lester Cole (screenplay) | Sidney Biddell (adaptation) | Harry Hervey (story)
Composer
Gerard Carbonara (musical score)
Cinematographer
Theodor Sparkuhl (photography)
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Updated May 27, 1943

Release date
May 31, 1943 (United States)

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15 cast members
Name Known for
Robert Preston
Capt. Nick Stanton Capt. Nick Stanton   See fewer
Ellen Drew
Ann Richards Ann Richards   See fewer
Otto Kruger
Albert Pasavy Albert Pasavy   See fewer
Steven Geray
Rev. Dr. Ven Der Lieden (as Steve Geray) Rev. Dr. Ven Der Lieden (as Steve Geray)   See fewer
Tamara Geva
Countess Olga Karagin Countess Olga Karagin   See fewer
Soo Yong
Madame Wu Madame Wu   See fewer
Victor Sen Yung
Captain Po (as Sen Yung) Captain Po (as Sen Yung)   See fewer
Ernst Deutsch
Major Brissac (as Ernest Dorian) Major Brissac (as Ernest Dorian)   See fewer
Allen Jung
Lieutenant Tang Lieutenant Tang   See fewer
John Bleifer
Japanese Sentry (uncredited) Japanese Sentry (uncredited)   See fewer
Luke Chan
Radio Operator (uncredited) Radio Operator (uncredited)   See fewer
Angelo Cruz
Japanese Soldier (uncredited) Japanese Soldier (uncredited)   See fewer
Lee Tong Foo
Bus Driver (uncredited) Bus Driver (uncredited)   See fewer
Lorin Raker
Japanese Telegraph Operator (uncredited) Japanese Telegraph Operator (uncredited)   See fewer
Leonard Strong
Lieutenant Karuma (uncredited) Lieutenant Karuma (uncredited)   See fewer
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