Shanghai Express (1932)

02/12/1932Drama, Romance, War, Crime, History1h 22m
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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

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 h...