Summary
The film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during Early in World War II, Chungking schoolteacher Lin Yang is recruited to help with the dangerous mission of protecting the Allied supply line from Burma into China.
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Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+12)
Critics 40Audiences 52GoodWatch 46
Tomatometer40%
IMDb5.3
Audience score50%
Running time
1 h 2 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −46 min on the typical 108
typical 10862Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 5 countries
Released
1942
June 5, 1942
84 years ago
Genre
ActionLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
and 3 moreDirecting · 1
- Joseph H. Lewis Director, Screenplay
Writing · 2
- Milton Raison Screenplay
- George Wellington Pardy Story
Camera · 1
- Robert E. Cline Director of Photography
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