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Shanghai Express
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7.0A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
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
Themes
- prostitute
- rape
- china
- shanghai, china
- rebel
- ex-lover
- insurgence
- chinese civil war
- black and white
- beijing, china
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Josef von Sternberg
- Screenplay by
- Jules Furthman
- Based on
- "Sky Over China" (also known as "China Pass") , by Harry Hervey
- Produced by
- Adolph Zukor
- Starring
- Marlene Dietrich , Clive Brook , Anna May Wong , Warner Oland
- Cinematography
- Lee Garmes
- Edited by
- Frank Sullivan
- Music by
- W. Franke Harling , Rudolph G. Kopp
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- Release date
- February 12, 1932 ( 1932-02-12 )
- Running time
- 80 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Box office
- $1.5 million (worldwide rentals)
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Encyclopedic overview
Shanghai Express is a 1932 American pre-Code film about a group of train passengers held hostage by a warlord during the Chinese Civil War. It was directed by Josef von Sternberg and stars Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. The screenplay was written by Jules Furthman based on a 1931 short story by Harry Hervey. Shanghai Express was the fourth of seven films that Sternberg and Dietrich created together.
The film was released during the midst of the Great Depression. It was remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943) and Peking Express (1951).
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