---
title: 'Peking Express (1951)'
type: 'film'
director: 'William Dieterle'
released: '1951-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/peking-express-1951'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043912/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Peking Express (1951)

1951 · 95 min · Action, Drama, Thriller · United States


## Synopsis

Peking Express is a 1951 American action adventure film produced and released by Paramount Pictures. It is the second remake of Paramount's earlier Shanghai Express (1932), following Night Plane from Chungking (1943), and the first film to be set in Red China. It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B. Wallis from a screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas that is based on the original screenplay by Jules Furthman and Harry Hervey. The film stars Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn and Marvin Miller.

## Credits

- **Director:** [William Dieterle](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-dieterle)
- **Screenplay:** [Jules Furthman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-furthman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Charles Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-lang)

## Cast

- [Edmund Gwenn](https://cinepixo.com/people/edmund-gwenn)
- [Marvin Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/marvin-miller)
- [Gregory Gaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-gaye)
- [Corinne Calvet](https://cinepixo.com/people/corinne-calvet)
- [Joseph Cotten](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-cotten)
- [Benson Fong](https://cinepixo.com/people/benson-fong)

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