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Shanghai Express( 1932)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Marlene Dietrich

      Shanghai Lily

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      Clive Brook

      Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey

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      Anna May Wong

      Hui Fei

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      Warner Oland

      Mr. Henry Chang

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      Eugene Pallette

      Sam Salt

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      Lawrence Grant

      Reverend Carmichael

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      Louise Closser Hale

      Mrs. Haggerty

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      Gustav von Seyffertitz

      Eric Baum

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      Émile Chautard

      Major Lenard

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      George Blagoi

      Minor Role (uncredited)

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      Leonard Carey

      Carey (uncredited)

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      George Chung

      Chinese Soldier (uncredited)

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      Wong Chung

      Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited)

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      Jack Deery

      British Officer at Shanghai (uncredited)

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      Herbert Evans

      British Railway Officer (uncredited)

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      Willie Fung

      Train Engineer (uncredited)

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      Tom Gubbins

      Chinese Officer (uncredited)

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      Forrester Harvey

      Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)

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      Claude King

      Mr. Albright (uncredited)

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      James B. Leong

      A Rebel (uncredited)

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      Miki Morita

      Chinese Officer (uncredited)

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      Minoru Nishida

      Li Fung (uncredited)

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      Victor Wong

      Chinese Officer (uncredited)

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      Ura Mita

      Chinese Woman (uncredited)

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Tue Apr 14 2020
    When I needed your faith, you withheld it; and now, when I don't need it, and don't deserve it, you give it to me. Shanghai Express is directed by Josef von Sternberg and written by Jules Furthman (adaptation) & Harry Hervey (story). It stars Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brooks, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Palette and Lawrence Grant. Music is by W. Franke Harling & Rudoplh G. Kopp and cinematography by Lee Garmes. Plot finds Shanghai Lily (Dietrich) meeting up with old flame Donald Harvey (Brooks) aboard the Shanghai Express during the Chinese Civil War in 1931. However, this train ha...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • prostitute
    • rape
    • china
    • shanghai, china
    • rebel
    • ex-lover
    • insurgence
    • chinese civil war
    • black and white
    • beijing, china
    • pre-code
    • based on short story