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Shanghai Express
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
1932 · Directed by Josef von Sternberg · 82 min · Drama · Romance · War · 16 frames
Tagline
Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return!
Crew
- Screenplay: Jules Furthman, Howard Hawks
- Cinematography: Lee Garmes
- Edited by: Frank Sullivan
- Music: W. Franke Harling, John Leipold, Karl Hajos, Rudolph G. Kopp
- Produced by: Adolph Zukor
Cast
- Marlene Dietrich as Shanghai Lily
- Clive Brook as Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey
- Anna May Wong as Hui Fei
- Warner Oland as Mr. Henry Chang
- Eugene Pallette as Sam Salt
- Lawrence Grant as Reverend Carmichael
- Louise Closser Hale as Mrs. Haggerty
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Eric Baum
- Émile Chautard as Major Lenard
- George Blagoi as Minor Role (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: Cantonese, English, French, German
- Studios: Paramount Pictures
- Themes: prostitute, rape, china, shanghai, china, rebel, ex-lover, insurgence, chinese civil war, black and white, beijing, china
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