

Bombs Over Burma (1942)
Overview
The film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during Early in World War II, Chungking schoolteacher Lin Yang is recruited to help with the dangerous mission of protecting the Allied supply line from Burma into China. In spite of the danger involved, her determination to help is strengthened when one of her young students is killed in a Japanese air raid. Some time later, she is part of a group of Allied representatives departing from Lashio, on a bus traveling the Burma Road back to China. A bridge outage forces them to spend the night in a monastery along the way, and during the night they watch in horror as a supply convoy of trucks is bombed by Japanese planes. The timing and accuracy of the raid brings them to realize that either one of their group, or perhaps the priest in the monastery, is really an enemy agent
Where to watch Bombs Over Burma
| Country | Stream | Rent | Buy |
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| United States | Hoopla, Fawesome, Mometu, Tubi TV | Amazon Video | Amazon Video |
| United Kingdom | Tubi TV | — | — |
| Canada | Hoopla, Tubi TV | — | — |
| Australia | Tubi TV | — | — |
| Mexico | Tubi TV | — | — |
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What is Bombs Over Burma about?
The film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during Early in World War II, Chungking schoolteacher Lin Yang is recruited to help with the dangerous mission of protecting the Allied supply line from Burma into China. In spite of the danger involved, her determination to help is strengthened when one of her young students is killed in a Japanese air raid. Some time later, she is part of a group of Allied representatives departing from Lashio, on a bus traveling the Burma Road back to China. A bridge outage forces them to spend the night in a monastery along the way, and during the night they watch in horror as a supply convoy of trucks is bombed by Japanese planes. The timing and accuracy of the raid brings them to realize that either one of their group, or perhaps the priest in the monastery, is really an enemy agent Bombs Over Burma is a Action movie, released on 1942-06-05, runtime 62 minutes.
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Where can I watch Bombs Over Burma?
In the United States, Bombs Over Burma is free to watch on Hoopla, Fawesome and Mometu and can be rented from Amazon Video. The table on this page lists 4 more countries. Movie World also lists online streaming sources and links to external sources on this page.
Directed by
Joseph H. Lewis
Cast
- Anna May Wong as Lin Ying
- Noel Madison as Me-Hoi
- Leslie Denison as Sir Roger Howe
- Nedrick Young as Slim Jenkins
- Dan Seymour as Pete Bragranza
- Frank Lackteen as Hallam
- Judith Gibson as Lucy Dell
- Dennis Moore as Tom Whitley
- Connie Leon as Ma Sing
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