Lady from Chungking
Lady from Chungking | |
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Directed by | William Nigh[1] |
Written by | Milton Raison Sam Robins |
Produced by | Arthur Alexander Alfred Stern |
Starring | Anna May Wong |
Cinematography | Marcel Le Picard |
Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
Music by | Lee Zahler |
Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Lady from Chungking is a 1942 American war film.
Plot[]
In 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.
Cast[]
- Anna May Wong – Kwan Mei[1]
- Harold Huber – General Kaimura
- Mae Clarke – Lavara
- Rick Vallin – Rodney Carr
- Paul Bryar – Pat O'Roulke
- – Lieutenant Shimoto
- Ludwig Donath – Hans Gruber
- James B. Leong – Chen
- – Mochow
- – Lu-Chi
Home media[]
Alpha Video released the film on region-1 DVD on May 31, 2005.[2]
It is available to stream on Paramount+.
Notes[]
- ^ a b Lady from Chungking (1942) at IMDb
- ^ "Lady from Chungking". www.oldies.com/. Retrieved 2008-05-25.
External links[]
- Lady from Chungking at IMDb
- Lady from Chungking at AllMovie
- Lady from Chungking is available for free download at the Internet Archive
Categories:
- 1942 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American black-and-white films
- American World War II propaganda films
- Films directed by William Nigh
- Flying Tigers in fiction
- Producers Releasing Corporation films
- Second Sino-Japanese War films
- 1940s war films
- World War II film stubs