Shanghai Express

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Shanghai Express (1932)

02/12/1932 (US) Drama, Romance, War, Crime, History 1h 22m

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Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return!

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A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

Josef von Sternberg

Director
Jules Furthman

Screenplay
Harry Hervey

Story

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Marlene Dietrich

Shanghai Lily
Clive Brook

Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey
Anna May Wong

Hui Fei
Warner Oland

Mr. Henry Chang
Eugene Pallette

Sam Salt
Lawrence Grant

Reverend Carmichael
Louise Closser Hale

Mrs. Haggerty
Gustav von Seyffertitz

Eric Baum
Émile Chautard

Major Lenard
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A review by John Chard

80%

Written by John Chard on April 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... read the rest.

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