The Dawn Express

A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for U.S. Army aviation use. Two U.S. chemical companies are developing the formula, with each working on half for security purposes. The spies get half the formula and know that either of two chemists, Robert Norton or Tom Fielding, knows the rest. They capture Fielding, through a ruse by gang member Linda Pavlo, and threaten the life of his sister Nancy and his mother if he does not give them the formula. To protect his friend Fielding, who does know the formula and is engaged to Nancy, Tom pretends to know the secret and boards the Dawn Express plane with the spy leader and his gang.

CAST

Michael WhalenRobert Norton

Anne NagelNancy Fielding

William BakewellTom Fielding

Constance WorthLinda Pavlo

Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiCapt. Gemmler

Jack MulhallChief Agent James Curtis

George PembrokeProf. Karl Schmidt

Kenneth HarlanAgent Brown

Robert FrazerJohn Oliver

Hans von MorhartHeinrich

Michael VallonArgus

Willy CastelloOtto

C. Montague ShawFranklin Prescott (uncredited)

Poppy WildeRestaurant Patron (uncredited)