The read
It runs a compact 1h 22m.
Synopsis
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic83/100
245 audience votes
Key crew
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Josef von SternbergDirector
- W. Franke HarlingOriginal Music Composer
- John LeipoldOriginal Music Composer
- Karl HajosOriginal Music Composer
- Rudolph G. KoppOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Marlene DietrichShanghai Lily
- Clive BrookCaptain Donald 'Doc' Harvey
- Anna May WongHui Fei
- Warner OlandMr. Henry Chang
- Eugene PalletteSam Salt
- Lawrence GrantReverend Carmichael
- Louise Closser HaleMrs. Haggerty
- Gustav von SeyffertitzEric Baum
- Émile ChautardMajor Lenard
- George BlagoiMinor Role (uncredited)
- Leonard CareyCarey (uncredited)
- George ChungChinese Soldier (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
prostituterapechinashanghai, chinarebelex-loverinsurgencechinese civil warblack and whitebeijing, chinapre-codebased on short story