Shanghai Express (1932)

12/02/1932 (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.

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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

8.0

Written by John Chard on 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 h...