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Calcutta: Directed by John Farrow. With Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, June Duprez. Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. After 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.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- John Farrow
- 1947-08-13
Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $2.8 million (US rentals) [1] 1,220,580 admissions (France) [2] Calcutta is a 1947 American film noir crime film directed by John Farrow, and written and produced by Seton I. Miller. The drama features Alan Ladd, Gail Russell and William Bendix.
- $2.8 million (US rentals), 1,220,580 admissions (France)
- Victor Young
- Seton I. Miller
37. 25K views 12 years ago. ...more. Calcutta (1947) is an American crime film noir directed by John Farrow, and written and produced by Seton I. Miller. The drama features Alan Ladd, Gail Russe...
Three American pilots, Bill Cunningham, Neale Gordon and Pedro Blake, fly a route from Chungking, China to Calcutta, India, where they share an apartment at the Hotel Imperial. On one trip, when Neale and Pedro's plane is forced to land in the mountains, Bill rescues them and then rushes back to Calcutta, where he and his fiancée, American ...
- John Farrow, Herbert Coleman
- Alan Ladd
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User Reviews. This film, which actually was one of Ladd's most financially successful films of the 40's, is a fun ride. Surprisingly, it's reputation has been one of a potboiler. It moves swiftly and has many good twists and turns. Gail Russell is wonderful and breathtakingly beautiful as the mysterious femme fatale.
Rated: B • Nov 1, 2004. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Cargo-plane pilots (Alan Ladd, William Bendix) link their buddy's strangulation to smugglers flying gems out of India.
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