Bombs over Burma
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Plot
The film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during World War II. During the construction of a military supply road like the Ledo RoadLedo Road
The Ledo Road was built during World War II so that the Western Allies could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the Burma Road which had been cut by the Japanese in 1942. It was renamed the Stilwell Road in early 1945 at the suggestion of Chiang Kai-shek...
, the project is sabotaged by an English nobleman who is a Nazi agent.
Using a scientific device, the English nobleman is instrumental in the coordination of a Japanese airstrike on supply trucks attempting to cross a key bridge. Anna May Wong, playing the role of a Chinese school teacher, reveals the schemes of the traitor, and brings about his destruction at the hands of Chinese peasants armed with picks and shovels.
Cast
- Anna May WongAnna May WongAnna May Wong was an American actress, the first Chinese American movie star, and the first Asian American to become an international star...
... Lin Ying - Noel MadisonNoel MadisonNoel Madison was an American character actor in the 1930s and '40s and appeared in 75 films, often as a gangster.-Partial filmography:*Sinners' Holiday *Little Caesar *Play-Girl...
... Me-Hoi - Leslie Denison... Sir Roger Howe
- Nedrick YoungNedrick YoungNedrick Young was a screenwriter often blacklisted during the 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with writing the screenplay for Jailhouse Rock in 1957, which starred Elvis Presley....
... Slim Jenkins - Dan SeymourDan SeymourDan Seymour was a character actor who frequently played villains in Warner Bros. films. He appeared in several Humphrey Bogart films, including Casablanca, Key Largo, and To Have and Have Not....
... Pete Brogranza - Frank LackteenFrank LackteenFrank Lackteen was a Lebanese-born American film actor best known for his antagonistic roles. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1916 and 1965, including several Three Stooges shorts. He was born in Kubber-Ilias, Lebanon and died in Los Angeles, California...
... Hallam - Teala LoringTeala LoringTeala Loring was an American actress who appeared in over thirty films during the 1940s. Born Marcia Griffin in Denver, Colorado, she was the sister of actors Debra Paget, Lisa Gaye, and Reull Shayne...
... Lucy Dell - Dennis MooreDennis Moore (actor)Dennis Moore was an actor who specialized in western films and film serials....
... Tom Whitley - Connie Leon... Ma Sing
- Hayward Soo Hoo... Ling
- Richard LooRichard LooRichard Loo was a Chinese American film actor who was one of the most familiar Asian character actors in American films of the 1930s and 1940s. A prolific actor, he appeared in over 120 films between 1931 and 1982....
... Col. Kim - Paul Fung... Toy Vendor
- Richard Wong... Servant
Availability
Alpha VideoAlpha Video
Alpha Video is an entertainment company, based near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that specializes in the manufacturing and marketing of public domain movies and TV shows on DVD...
released the film on region-1
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DVD
DVD
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on June 28, 2005.