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The Mountain Road

  • 19601960
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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James Stewart and Lisa Lu in The Mountain Road (1960)
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
949
YOUR RATING
    • Daniel Mann
    • Alfred Hayes
    • Theodore H. White(novel)
  • Stars
    • James Stewart
    • Lisa Lu
    • Glenn Corbett
    • Daniel Mann
    • Alfred Hayes
    • Theodore H. White(novel)
  • Stars
    • James Stewart
    • Lisa Lu
    • Glenn Corbett
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 27User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    James Stewart and Lisa Lu in The Mountain Road (1960)
    James Stewart in The Mountain Road (1960)
    James Stewart and Lisa Lu in The Mountain Road (1960)
    Glenn Corbett and Harry Morgan in The Mountain Road (1960)
    James Stewart and Lisa Lu in The Mountain Road (1960)
    James Stewart in The Mountain Road (1960)
    Lisa Lu in The Mountain Road (1960)
    Glenn Corbett in The Mountain Road (1960)
    James Stewart in The Mountain Road (1960)
    James Stewart in The Mountain Road (1960)
    The Mountain Road (1960)
    The Mountain Road (1960)

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    James Stewart
    James Stewart
    • Maj. Baldwin
    Lisa Lu
    Lisa Lu
    • Madame Sue-Mei Hung
    Glenn Corbett
    Glenn Corbett
    • Collins
    Harry Morgan
    Harry Morgan
    • Sgt. 'Mike' Michaelson
    • (as Henry 'Harry' Morgan)
    Frank Silvera
    Frank Silvera
    • Col. Kwan
    James Best
    James Best
    • Niergaard
    Rudy Bond
    Rudy Bond
    • Sgt. Miller
    Mike Kellin
    Mike Kellin
    • Prince
    Frank Maxwell
    Frank Maxwell
    • Sgt. Ballo
    Eddie Firestone
    Eddie Firestone
    • Maj. Lewis
    Alan Baxter
    Alan Baxter
    • Gen. Loomis
    Leo Chen
    • Col. Li
    Bill Quinn
    Bill Quinn
    • Col. Magnusson
    Peter Chong
    • Chinese Colonel
    P.C. Lee
    • Chinese General
    W.T. Chang
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Kei Thin Chung
    • Chinese Captain
    • (uncredited)
    Bart Conrad
    • Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
      • Daniel Mann
      • Alfred Hayes
      • Theodore H. White(novel)
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    • Trivia
      The film includes themes considered to be taboo for Hollywood during the war years, such as tensions between allies and racism among Americans.
    • Goofs
      When 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.

    • Connections
      Featured in Best in Action: 1960 (2018)

    User reviews27

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    6/10
    Worth a look
    This film portrays the lives of a US Army engineer squad in China during WW II. Their mission is to delay the advance of the Japanese Army. They must blow up bridges and ammo dumps along a long mountain road while dealing with a never ending line of Chinese refugees. James Stewart finds love with a beautiful Chinese widow. He must deal with his personal feelings toward a woman, a foreign people and the challenges of command. Not one of your best Jimmy Stewart movies but well worth a look.
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    • mhorn-2
    • Aug 7, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 1960 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Chinese
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    • Filming locations
      • Nogales, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • William Goetz Productions
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
      • Black and White

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