The Dawn Express (1942)

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The Dawn Express on IMDb 4.6/10 108 votes

Released:
1942-03-27

Overview:
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.

Director:
Albert Herman

Runtime:
1h 2min

Genre:
Action, Adventure, War

  • Cast:
  • Michael Whalen
    as
    Robert Norton
  • Anne Nagel
    as
    Nancy Fielding
  • William Bakewell
    as
    Tom Fielding
  • Constance Worth
    as
    Linda Pavlo
  • Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
    as
    Capt. Gemmler