The Dawn Express

The Dawn Express

62 mins | Action, Adventure, War | March 27, 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.

The Dawn Express

62 mins | Action, Adventure, War | March 27, 1942

The Dawn Express
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.
IMDb rating 4.5
Producers Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), Merrick-Alexander Productions
Original title The Dawn Express
Directors Albert Herman
Writers Arthur St. Claire

Cast

Michael Whalen

as Robert Norton

Anne Nagel

as Nancy Fielding

William Bakewell

as Tom Fielding

Constance Worth

as Linda Pavlo

Poppy Wilde

as Restaurant Patron