Peking Express (film)

Peking Express
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Dieterle
Written by
Produced byHal B. Wallis
Starring
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byStanley E. Johnson
Music byDimitri Tiomkin
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • July 18, 1951 (1951-07-18) (New York)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.1 million (U.S. rentals)

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.

The music score was composed by Dimitri Tiomkin, the cinematographer was Charles Lang, the art directors were Franz Bachelin and Hal Pereira and the costume designer was Edith Head.