Lady from Chungking (1942)
1942 · Feature film · 68 min · dir. William Nigh
BLOODY REBELLION AGAINST SAVAGE CONQUERORS!
- Drama
- War
Synopsis
During World War II, Chinese guerrillas fight against the occupying Japanese forces. A young woman is the secret leader of the villagers, who plot to rescue two downed Flying Tigers pilots, who are currently in the custody of the Japanese. The rescue mission takes on even more importance with the arrival of a Japanese general, which signals a major offensive taking place in the area.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- William Nigh
- Writer
- Sam Robins
- Studio
- Alexander-Stern Productions, PRC
- Released
- 1942-12-21
- Running time
- 68 minutes
Cast & crew
William Nigh Director
Anna May Wong
Mae Clarke
Harold Huber
Rick Vallin
Paul Bryar
Ted Hecht
Ludwig Donath
James B. Leong
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · loved the movie · BoopBoopaddoop · 2012-03-04
Anna May Wong, plays this character very well in my eyes.
★★★ · Low-budget morale booster · picfixer · 2011-05-27
A terminally flawed W.W. II potboiler set in Japanese occupied China. The title character, and leader of an insurgent band, is played by the first Chinese-American to reach something like star status, Anna May Wong. She isn't at her best in this role, and it isn’t easy to pinpoint exactly why. A guess is, like everything else in this production, she was probably rushed through it without adequate preparation. (Released just months after the Pearl Harbor attack.) Mae Clarke is convincing as a cynical woman of the world, but Harold Huber is badly miscast as an evil Japanese general. The script…
★★★ · johnny pesto · Johnny Pesto · 2014-02-06
Loved this movie.Huber does the best Jon Lovitz I've ever seen.
