The Mountain Road

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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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Drama,

War

Duration:

102 minutes

Year:

1960

Director:

Daniel Mann

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Company:

William Goetz Productions

Cast:
James Stewart

Major Baldwin

Lisa Lu

Sue-Mei Hung

Glenn Corbett

Collins

Harry Morgan

Mike Michaelson

Frank Silvera

Colonel Kwan

Crew:
Daniel Mann

Director

Alfred Hayes

Writer

Theodore H. White

Novel

William Goetz

Producer

Jerome Moross

Original Music Composer