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Peking Express (1951)

1951 · Feature film · 95 min · dir. William Dieterle

Hal Wallis scoops tomorrow's flaming headlines! To expose the startling behind-the-news drama that rides the roaring rails of...

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  • Action

Synopsis

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…

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Details

Director
William Dieterle
Writer
Jules Furthman
Composer
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
Charles Lang
Studio
Hal Wallis Productions, Paramount Pictures
Released
1951-08-01
Running time
95 minutes

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