Lured into a trap by a Mata Hari... the lives of his loved ones was the price demanded for his honor!
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 (1942) is a action, adventure and war film directed by Albert Herman, released on March 27, 1942 with a runtime of 1h 2m. It stars Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell and Constance Worth. Viewers rate it 5.1 out of 10 across 8 ratings.
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
Jack Mulhall
as Chief Agent James Curtis
George Pembroke
as Prof. Karl Schmidt
Kenneth Harlan
as Agent Brown
Robert Frazer
as John Oliver
Hans von Morhart
as Heinrich
Michael Vallon
as Argus
Willy Castello
as Otto
Directed by Albert Herman, written by Arthur St. Claire and Arthur St. Claire.
Average viewer score of 5.1/10 from 8 ratings.
Ok, so this wartime crime drama wasn't so much edited together as crocheted. The gaps between scenes, the pauses for cues, the telephone conversations by numbers don't help the pace, such as it is, at all. Many of the scenes take place in a tavern where I only hope Strauss was receiving royalty payments, All in all it's a pretty hopeless affair with a really dreary score. The premiss is that some Nazi spies are…
Reviewed on June 26, 2022
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The Dawn Express (1942) is available to stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus and Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and to rent or buy from Amazon Video. Streaming availability is checked against JustWatch data and can change by region.
The main cast of The Dawn Express (1942) includes Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell, Constance Worth and Hans Heinrich von Twardowski. The film was directed by Albert Herman. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
The Dawn Express was released on March 27, 1942 and runs for 1h 2m.
The Dawn Express (1942) holds an average rating of 5.1 out of 10 from 8 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy action, adventure and war films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
