Peking Express (film)

Peking Express
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	William Dieterle
Written by	John Meredyth Lucas Jules Furthman Harry Hervey
Produced by	Hal B. Wallis
Starring	Joseph Cotten Corinne Calvet Edmund Gwenn Marvin Miller
Cinematography	Charles Lang
Edited by	Stanley Johnson
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production company	Paramount Pictures Corp.
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 18, 1951 (1951-07-18)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.1 million (US rentals)[1]

Peking Express is a 1951 American film-noir crime thriller action 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) and the first film to be set in the newly emerged People's Republic of China (PRC). 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 film stars Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet and Edmund Gwenn with Marvin Miller.

Peking Express is notable for its production values. The music score was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin, the cinematography was by Charles Lang, the art direction by Franz Bachelin and Hal Pereira and the costume design by Edith Head.