A Yank on the Burma Road

original title:
A Yank on the Burma Road
other titles:
China Caravan
country / year of production:
USA / 1942
original length:
65 min. , black/white
premiere:
29 January 1942, New York City
genre:
adventure
based on:
director:
George B. Seitz
film script:
Gordon Kahn , Hugo Butler , David Lang
producer:
Samuel Marx
cinematographer:
Lester White
editor:
Gene Ruggiero
composer:
cast (role):
Laraine Day (Mrs. Gail Farwood) , Barry Nelson (Joe Tracey) , Stuart Crawford (Tom Farwood) , Keye Luke (Kim How) , Victor Sen Yung (Wing) , Laraine Day , Barry Nelson , Stuart Crawford , Keye Luke , Victor Sen Yung
more:
plot synopsis:
Because of financial reasons Joe Tracy agrees to lead a convoy on the Burma Road to China. Among the travellers is Gail Farwood, who is stranded without a passport in Burma, when the Japanese invaded the country. Joe's patriotism arises and he starts fighting back the enemy.
keywords:
behind enemy lines , civilians , volunteers , invasion
war:
Sino–Japanese Wars (1894-1895, 1937-1945)
literature:
Webster, Donovan: The Burma road : the epic story of the China-Burma-India theater in World War II, New York, NY : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003.
remarks:
Was filmed in California.
availability: