Movie: "Shanghai Express"
| Release Date: | Feb 1932 |
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| Genres: | Romance / Drama / Adventure |
| Awards | Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations |
| Runtime: | min. |
| Cast: | Marlene Dietrich (Shanghai Lily, aka Magdalen), Clive Brook (Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey), Anna May Wong (Hui Fei) Warner Oland (Mr. Henry Chang) Eugene Pallette (Sam Salt) Lawrence Grant (Reverend Mr. Carmichael) Louise Closser Hale (Mrs. Haggerty) Gustav von Seyffertitz (Eric Baum) Emile Chautard (Major Lenard) Leonard Carey (Carey, Minister in Shanghai (uncredited)) Wong Chung (Chinese Officer checking Passports...) 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, Division Superintendant...) James B. Leong (A Rebel (uncredited)) Miki Morita (Chinese Officer (uncredited)) Minoru Nishida (Li Fung, 'Blue Lotus' the Spy...) Mrs. Sojin (Chinese Woman (uncredited)) |
Storyline: Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lil is on board than the fact that a civil war is going on that may make the trip take more than three days. The British Army doctor, Donald Harvey, knew Lil before she became a famous "coaster." A fellow passenger defines a coaster as "a woman who lives by her wits along the China coast." When Chinese guerillas stop the train, Dr. Harvey is selected as the hostage. Lil saves him, but can she make him believe that she really hasn't changed from the woman he loved five years before?
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