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Peking Express is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Dieterle released in USA on 1 august 1951 with Joseph Cotten
Peking Express (1951)
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Add to a movie listPeking Express is a 1951 adventure film made by Paramount Pictures. It is the second remake of Paramount's earlier Shanghai Express (1932), remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943). It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B. Wallis, from a screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas, based on the original screenplay by Jules Furthman and Harry Hervey. The music score was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin, the cinematography was by Charles Lang, the art direction by Franz Bachelin and Hal Pereira and the costume design by Edith Head.
The film stars Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet and Edmund Gwenn with Marvin Miller.
Synopsis
Michael Bachlin, médecin américain et délégué des Nations unies, monte à bord de l'express pour Pékin. Officiellement, il est chargé de fonder un centre de chirurgie du thorax à Shanghai. Officieusement, il doit rencontrer le chef de l'opposition au régime chinois. Durant le voyage, il retrouve Danielle Grenier, une séduisante jeune femme qu'il a connue à Paris quelques années plus tôt...Actors
Joseph Cotten
(Michael Bachlin)
Corinne Calvet
(Danielle Grenier)
Edmund Gwenn
(Father Joseph Murray)
Marvin Miller
(Kwon)
Marvin Miller
(Kwon)
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