Movie Description
The Mountain Road
(1960)Overview
In 1944, in eastern part of China, U.S.Army Major Baldwin and his volunteer team of demolition engineers are left behind the retreating Chinese forces. Their task is to slow down the Japanese advance into eastern China by blowing up bridges, roads, airfields and munitions dumps. They start by blowing up an American airfield and ammo dump. They receive the order to destroy a vital bridge over a mountain pass.The team uses a few army trucks to move around. At the bridge, they encounter a Nationalist Chinese Army unit in charge of guarding the bridge. Thanks to an American soldier who speaks some Chinese, Major Baldwin requests the permission, from the Chinese commander, to blow up the bridge.The Chinese colonel agrees but asks the American Major to do him a favor by also destroying a munitions dump located at some distance away.He also requests that Madame Sue-Mei Hung, the widow of a Chinese colonel, be transported by the American demolition team to the nearest major town.
Featured Crew
- Director : Daniel Mann
- Producer : William Goetz
- Writer : Alfred Hayes
- Editor : Edward Curtiss
- Cast : James Stewart,Lisa Lu,Glenn Corbett,Harry Morgan,Frank Silvera,James Best,Rudy Bond,Mike Kellin,Frank Maxwell,Eddie Firestone,Leo Chen,Peter Chong,P.C. Lee,Alan Baxter
Cast
Major Baldwin
Sue-Mei Hung
Collins
Mike Michaelson
Colonel Kwan
Niergaard
Sergeant Miller
Prince
Sergeant Ballo
Major Lewis
Colonel Li
Chinese Colonel
Chinese General
General Loomis
Posters
Facts
Original TitleThe Mountain Road
Status Released
Release Information
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1960-06-15
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 42m
Production CompaniesWilliam Goetz Productions
Genres
- Drama
- War
