The Mountain Road
- 1960
- 1h 42m
A US Army Major stationed in East China in 1944 is ordered to blow up military installations in order to slow down the advancing Japanese Army.A US Army Major stationed in East China in 1944 is ordered to blow up military installations in order to slow down the advancing Japanese Army.A US Army Major stationed in East China in 1944 is ordered to blow up military installations in order to slow down the advancing Japanese Army.
- Sgt. 'Mike' Michaelson
- (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
- Chinese Captain
- (uncredited)
- Bit Role
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe film includes themes considered to be taboo for Hollywood during the war years, such as tensions between allies and racism among Americans.
- GoofsWhen Baldwin and his unit arrive at the ammunition dump they're supposed to blow up, it consists of several small buildings and shacks. But the interior shots showing mountains of ammunition have no resemblance to the buildings they're supposed to be in: two of them are clearly gigantic tunnels ten or twenty times as long as the buildings that are supposedly being inspected.
- Quotes
Major Baldwin: Colonel, I'm gonna blow up this road. Now, how can we keep the people off?
Col. Kwan: Off?
Major Baldwin: Well, I-I, I need them stopped for about ten minutes. Can you do it?
Col. Kwan: How?
Major Baldwin: Well, uh, how 'bout, uh, how 'bout if we get a couple of empty gasoline drums, put 'em on either side of the road, stretch a rope across.
Col. Kwan: They'd go under the rope.
Major Baldwin: Well, then we get some Chinese soldiers to explain to them, explain to them that we're cutting the road. How 'bout that?
Col. Kwan: The soldiers will want to get through themselves.
Major Baldwin: Well, could we give them something?
Col. Kwan: What?
Major Baldwin: Well, money?
Col. Kwan: They cannot spend money here.
Major Baldwin: Well, food. How 'bout food? We got 'K' rations, cigarettes. How about cigarettes? What'll they take for the job?
[Kwan Says something in Chinese]
Major Baldwin: [Angrily] I don't speak Chinese, Colonel.
Col. Kwan: There is no way.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Hollywood Chinese (2007)
Stewarts characters struggle with power and his obsession to accomplish his objective was fun to watch. This film is worth the time spent and includes some great character actors of this period. I think it deserves its 6.6 overall rating.
Watching this movie develop reminded me of recent events in europe and made the film seem timely despite its age.
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- Also known as
- Der Kommandant
- Filming locations
- Stewart Mt. Roads, Salt River Canyon, Arizona, USA(refugee road sceens)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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