Peking Express (film)

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Peking Express

Original film poster
Directed by William Dieterle
Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Written by John Meredyth Lucas
Jules Furthman
Harry Hervey
Starring Joseph Cotten
Corinne Calvet
Edmund Gwenn
Marvin Miller
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography Charles Lang
Editing by Stanley Johnson
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) Flag of the United States 18 July 1951
Running time 95 min
Country USA
Language English
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Peking Express is a 1951 adventure film made by Paramount Pictures. It is the second remake of Paramount's earlier Shanghai Express (1932), remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943). It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B. Wallis, from a screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas, based on the original screenplay by Jules Furthman and Harry Hervey. The music score was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin, the cinematography was by Charles Lang, the art direction by Franz Bachelin and Hal Pereira and the costume design by Edith Head.

The film stars Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet and Edmund Gwenn with Marvin Miller.

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