Peking Express is a 1951 American action adventure film produced and released by Paramount Pictures. It is the second remake of Paramount's earlier Shanghai Express (1932), following Night Plane from Chungking (1943), and the first film to be set in Red China. It was directed by William Dieterle and produced by Hal B. Wallis from a screenplay by John Meredyth Lucas that is based on the original screenplay by Jules Furthman and Harry Hervey. The film stars Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn and Marvin Miller.

Plot

Doctor Michael Bachlin is in Shanghai investigating a missing shipment of medical supplies for the World Health Organization. He travels to Peking on a train with other passengers such as Father Joseph Murray and Kwon a mysterious businessman. Just before the train leaves, Kwon's son Ti Shen attempts to board, but his mother Li Eiu has him arrested by nationalist agents before boarding the train herself.