Review of Burma Convoy

Typical thriller of the war years isn't the nail biter that it promises to be. It concerns lookalike bags, one of them containing smuggled goods, and the trouble it causes Americans Charles Bickford and Evelyn Ankers who get more then they bargained for while searching for the killers of their pal Frank Albertson and try to discover the reason for the murder. The presence of Willie Fung (the Chinese Stepin Fetchit) gives an indication of how it viewed Asians, having him singing "I Dream of Jeannie with the light brown hair" as his introduction. Keye Luke is a bit more authentic, with exotic looking Turhan Bey able to pass as Asian. It's a convoluted, often predictable story, with a narrative that is not always clear. Overall, barely passable as a second feature, and certainly nothing special.