Zeus

Writers:

Stanley Rubin,  Stanley Rubin, Roy Chanslor

 

Charles Bickford,  Evelyn Ankers,  Frank Albertson, Cecil Kellaway, Willie Fung, Turhan Bey  

 

This action film is set in Asia during World War II and follows the exploits of a truck driver who must investigate the mysterious death of his younger brother. The trucker had been driving in convoys along the dangerous Burma Road between Rangoon and Chungking for a long time when he decided it was time to return to the U.S. and become an auto mechanic. Unfortunately, he is delayed by his younger brother who arrives in the country. Apparently he is mixed up in some kind of international intrigue and gets killed. The older brother eventually discovers a ring of Eurasian hijackers conspiring to thwart the convoys that deliver vital supplies. 

 

The film was announced in April 1941 as Halfway to Shanghai. It was an early lead role for Evelyn Ankers who had joined the studio after being on stage in Ladies in Retirement. Filming took place in April and May 1941.  The film was one of a number being set in the Burma Road around this time, others including A Yank on the Burma Road, Burma Road and Over the Burma Road, with the latter two not being filmed.

Region 0 (ALL), will play in all DVD players, English, 72 minutes, Black and White, Universal Pictures, Good print