Shanghai Express
Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return!
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
Produced by Paramount Pictures
A pre-code melodrama of desire and redemption set against wartime chaos, where a woman with a scandalous past confronts an old love amid danger and moral ambiguity.
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Essence
Ensemble
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)
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Same Mood as Shanghai Express
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Like Shanghai Express, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
