Shanghai Express

Shanghai Express

1932 · Movie

82 min English

250 votes

DramaRomanceWar

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

Where to watch in Japan

Available to stream with FOD.

Streaming in other countries

Sorted by distance from Japan

Cast, directors & writers

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

George Blagoi

Minor Role (uncredited)

Leonard Carey

Carey (uncredited)

George Chung

Chinese Soldier (uncredited)

Wong Chung

Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited)

Jack Deery

British Officer at Shanghai (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

British Railway Officer (uncredited)

Willie Fung

Train Engineer (uncredited)

Tom Gubbins

Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Claude King

Mr. Albright (uncredited)

James B. Leong

A Rebel (uncredited)

Jules Furthman

Writer

Josef von Sternberg

Director

Harry Hervey

Writer

Howard Hawks

Writer

Keywords

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

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