Calcutta

Dec 20, 1946

1h 23m

★ 6.3

Adventure In The Far East ! Battling Buddies Gunning For Trouble !

Overview

Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they investigate. Neale meets Bill's fiancée Virginia and becomes suspicious of a deeper plot while also falling for her charms.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Calcutta Trailers

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Cast

Neale Gordon

Alan Ladd

Virginia Moore

Gail Russell

Pedro Blake

William Bendix

Marina Tanev

June Duprez

Eric Lasser

Lowell Gilmore

Mrs. Smith

Edith King

Mul Raj Malik

Paul Singh

Inspector Kendricks

Gavin Muir

Bill Cunningham

John Whitney

Young Chinese Clerk

Benson Fong

Co-Pilot (uncredited)

Wong Artarne

Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Gertrude Astor

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