Dawn Express Pt. 1 of 4

The Dawn Express Pt. 1 of 4 Producers Releasing Corp. presents an M&A Prod. w/ Michael Whalen, Anne Nagel. Dir. Albert Herman 05:02:22 Night, man out of tavern, gives coin to blindman; blind man q/ cane along sidewalk; hears man kidnapped. Into car & away. CU knocking on door: “Yes, what can I do for you?” “You will come w/ us...” (both w/ pseudo German accents). Taken away in pajamas. 05:05:52 CU “But I am not working on the formula!” Questioned under single light, faces half-lighted. “I’m not even in that department, the company can tell you that.” He’s let go; as he leaves he is shot. 05:07:31 CU of card w/ photo & description of Robert Norton. “...might be rather difficult to do business w/ Heinz, he has no bad habits.” Checks card of another who will be easier to deal w/, has bad habits. Gambles, attracted to women, etc. 05:08:48 Mr. Fielding into night club, sits at bar next to blond, orders bourbon soda; blond argues w/ German bad guy who walks out; she tries to light cigarette w/ lighter. Fielding offers match. CUs “How come I’ve never seen you around before?” “Maybe because I come from Poland. My family was broken up by the invasion.” They introduce: Tom Fielding, Linda Pavlov. “How about a drink, okay?” “If okay means yes, okay!” 05:11:27 Pan across refinery or chemical plant. Int. of lab, Fielding in (late), puts on white smock. Bob pouring chemicals: “If you weren’t such a good chemist you would have been fired long ago.” “You ought to see what I found for myself, the cutist little refugee.” They talk. “I just remember the last girl you met in a bar was going to sue you for ‘breach of promise’, remember?” “I’m just getting sick & tired of you going on year after year making the same mistakes.” Tom asks Bob if he & ‘sis’ have set a date yet. “Can’t be till after the war now; lots to be done & it won’t be long until you & I will be right in the middle of it.” “Suits me, I look good in a uniform. Meanwhile a little fun is good for the soul.” Bob calls ‘sis”. 05:13:18 MS of her picking up phone: “Mr. Prescott’s office, Miss Fielding speaking.” “Tell Mr. Prescott I’ll have that report up to him...” 05:13:55 Prescott talking w/ ?? from Washington discussing Germans wanting to get formula. “If you were an enemy of this country & you discovered that we had a process which by the simple addition of a few grams of a secret formula to a gallon of gasoline would double its power output wouldn’t you do anything in the world to get it?” Only working on a part of it; but man at other plant disappeared w/ their part of formula. “Our records show that your Charles Smith is actually Prof. Karl Schmidt of Leipzig, probably one of the cleverest scientific spies to come out of Europe.” Prescott explains the two parts “plus an ingredient of which this bottle is a sample properly combined would make 311....if properly mixed...enough there to blow this building off its foundation.” WWII melodrama; Spies; Espionage; Fiction; Stereotypes; Enemies; Enemy; Nazis; Germans; B Movies; Gags; Oddities NOTE: Can retransfer to PAL for better quality.