The Dawn Express

1h 2min

Action

Adventure

War

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.

Production Companies

PRC

Merrick-Alexander Productions

Cast

Michael Whalen

Michael Whalen

Robert Norton
Anne Nagel

Anne Nagel

Nancy Fielding
William Bakewell

William Bakewell

Tom Fielding
Constance Worth

Constance Worth

Linda Pavlo
Jack Mulhall

Jack Mulhall

Chief Agent James Curtis
George Pembroke

George Pembroke

Prof. Karl Schmidt
Kenneth Harlan

Kenneth Harlan

Agent Brown
Robert Frazer

Robert Frazer

John Oliver
C. Montague Shaw

C. Montague Shaw

Franklin Prescott (uncredited)
Poppy Wilde

Poppy Wilde

Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Release date

27th Mar 1942

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English