The Dawn Express (1942)
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
Writer:
Arthur St. Claire
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Michael Whalen as Robert Norton |
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Anne Nagel as Nancy Fielding |
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William Bakewell as Tom Fielding |
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Constance Worth as Linda Pavlo |
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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski as Capt. Gemmler |
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Jack Mulhall as Chief Agent James Curtis |
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George Pembroke as Prof. Karl Schmidt |
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Kenneth Harlan as Agent Brown |
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Robert Frazer as John Oliver |
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Hans von Morhart as Heinrich |
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Michael Vallon as Argus |
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Willy Castello as Otto |
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C. Montague Shaw as Franklin Prescott (uncredited) |
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Poppy Wilde as Restaurant Patron (uncredited) |
| Directing | Albert Herman | Director |
| Camera | Edward Linden | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Arthur St. Claire | Story |
| Writing | Arthur St. Claire | Screenplay |
