Peking Express

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Peking Express is a 1951 adventure film made by Paramount Pictures. It is the second remake of Paramount's earlier Shanghai Express (1932), remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943). It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B. Wallis, from a screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas, based on the original screenplay by Jules Furthman and Harry Hervey. The music score was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin, the cinematography was by Charles Lang... more
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William Dieterle

William Dieterle (July 15, 1893, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany – December 9, 1972, Ottobrunn, Bavaria) was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. He was born Wilhelm Dieterle, the youngest child of nine, to parents Jacob and Berthe Dieterle. As a child,...

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