Il mistero di Burma

Anna May Wong is a school teacher, and dedicated to the cause of China. She is at Lashio boarding a truck convoy back to Burma with a an assortment of strangers, taking the Burma Road back to China. A bridge is out on the route, and while men work at restoring it, the group takes refuge in a monastery. It soon becomes apparent that the Japanese are uncannily precise about destroying such convoys. One of their number, or perhaps one of thee monks, is giving information to the enemy.

The copy I looked at was in very poor shape, and the fact that PRC was the company producing this was no recommendation, but the director was Joseph Lewis. Between Miss Wong and him, I decided to take a look. With Robert E. Cline as the cinematographer, I could see that the compositions were excellent, and the camera moved to maintain compositions. There was a good deal of suspense throughout the movie. Perhaps a good copy would raise my opinion, but what is there suggests a decent little wartime thriller.