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The Dawn Express

Lured into a trap by a Mata Hari... the lives of his loved ones was the price demanded for his honor!
Mar 27, 1942 · 1h 2m
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Action
Adventure
War

PLOT

A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for U.S. Army aviation use. Two U.S. chemical companies are developing the formula, with each working on half for security purposes. The spies get half the formula and know that either of two chemists, Robert Norton or Tom Fielding, knows the rest. They capture Fielding, through a ruse by gang member Linda Pavlo, and threaten the life of his sister Nancy and his mother if he does not give them the formula. To protect his friend Fielding, who does know the formula and is engaged to Nancy, Tom pretends to know the secret and boards the Dawn Express plane with the spy leader and his gang.

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CAST

Michael Whalen
Robert Norton
Anne Nagel
Nancy Fielding
William Bakewell
Tom Fielding
Constance Worth
Linda Pavlo
Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
Capt. Gemmler
Jack Mulhall
Chief Agent James Curtis
George Pembroke
Prof. Karl Schmidt
Kenneth Harlan
Agent Brown
Directed by Albert Herman

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
PRC, Merrick-Alexander Productions
Country
US

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