Shanghai Express
1932 · Movie · 1h 22m
DramaRomanceWar
"Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return!"
Overview
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Ratings
TMDB
7/10
Key crew
- Josef von SternbergDirector
- Jules FurthmanScreenplay
- Karl HajosOriginal Music Composer
- W. Franke HarlingOriginal Music Composer
- Rudolph G. KoppOriginal Music Composer
- John LeipoldOriginal 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
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Themes
prostituterapechinashanghai, chinarebelex-loverinsurgencechinese civil warblack and whitebeijing, chinapre-codebased on short story