Peking Express (1951)
- Directed by
- William Dieterle
- Genre
- drama film, action film, thriller film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A train traveling through China becomes a setting for espionage, romance, and danger. The passengers must navigate threats and personal conflicts as they journey across a volatile landscape.
fast-pacedtenseadventurousmelodramaticsuspensefulglamorousdated
What happens
Peking Express is a 1951 American action adventure film produced and released by Paramount Pictures. It is the second remake of Paramount's earlier Shanghai Express (1932), following Night Plane from Chungking (1943), and the first film to be set in Red China. It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B. Wallis from a screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas that is based on the original screenplay by Jules Furthman and Harry Hervey. The film stars Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn and Marvin Miller. The music score was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin, the cinematographer was Charles Lang, the art directors were Franz Bachelin and Hal Pereira and the costume designer was Edith Head. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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