Anna May Wong began her career in silent films and quickly came to the
attention of Douglas Fairbanks, who cast her in a prominent role in The Thief of
Baghdad. To escape type-casting after a series of concubine and slave girl
roles, she went to Europe, where parts in film and on stage were better for the
Chinese-American actress. Wong returned to the U.S., and continued to create
strong portraits for directors Erich Von Stroheim, Nicholas Ray and Ross Hunter.
Before passing away in Santa Monica, California in 1961, she appeared in
numerous television shows and dramas, and was the first Chinese-American to star
in her own series, "The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong" (1951).
China. World War II. The bloody Burma Road must be kept open for Allied troop
convoys at any cost by a brave but shorthanded crew. After a surprise attack,
the group suspects a traitor is amongst them. The beautiful Lin Yang - who
teaches school by day and spies for the Allies by night - is assigned to find
out who is responsible for leaking costly information to the Japanese.
Driven by the horrifying memory of innocent villagers who were slaughtered by
the enemy, Lin Yang travels the treacherous road with an unlikely group of
strangers. Englishman Sir Roger Howe and American Slim Jenkins aide her in a
desperate race against time to stop the devastating bombs over Burma.
With unflinching scenes of aerial assaults and battlefield brutality,
writer-director Joseph H. Lewis creates a taut, suspenseful wartime adventure.
Starring: Anna May Wong, Leslie Denison & Nedrick Young Directed by: Joseph H. Lewis
