Harrison's Reports, Vol. 25: January, 1943 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Harrison's Reports, Vol. 25: January, 1943A fair program espionage melodrama, with a touch of mystery. The theme has been used before, nevertheless, it holds one's attention pretty well, for the action is steady, and at times exciting. It should find favor mostly with patrons who enjoy figuring out solutions, since the identity of the spy is not divulged until toward the end. One is held in tense suspense in the closing scenes where the hero and heroine escape from the Japanese. The good direction and the com: petent performances overcome the hackneyed plot: The passengers aboard a bus en route from Chungking to India include Otto Kruger, wealthy European, Stephen Geray, a missionary, Ellen Drew, an American nurse, Madam Soo Yong, an elderly Chinese lady, Major Ernest Dorion of the French army, and Countess Tamara Geva, a White Russian. Their path is blocked by an army truck mired in the mud, just as Jap planes appear overhead. When Kruger accidentally switches on the headlights, the planes drop their bombs, killing a number of soldiers. Suspecting foul play, the soldiers escort the bus to a secret airport where Capt. Robert Preston, American pilot in the Chinese army, interrogates the passengers. He discovers the Countess to be a spy, and decides to send the others back to Chungking. Pleading a secret mission, Ellen radios a Chinese official, who orders Preston to ¿y the passengers to India. En route the plane is attacked by the Japs, forcing Preston to make an emergency landing in a thickly wooded section. Preston contacts Chungking by radio, and learns that among his passengers is an accomplice of the Countess. But before he can learn the spy's name, the radio breaks down. Despite his orders that no one leave the camp, the missionary disappears during the night and returns with the news that he had located a monastery nearby. All go to the monastery where Jap soldiers capture them. The missionary reveals himself as a Nazi spy, and offers to release them in exchange for the Countess. Although he knew the Countess had committed suicide, Preston stalls for time by agreeing to radio Chung, king to arrange the exchange. With the aid of Dorion, who sacrifices his life, Preston overpowers the prison guard, releases Ellen and Madame Yong, and makes good their escape. Geray is killed during the fight, as is Kruger, who had turned traitor.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.