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Shanghai Express ()

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A notorious woman rides a train through a dangerous situation with a British captain she loved.
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Shanghai Lily
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Captain Donald Harvey
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Hui Fei
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Henry Chang
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Sam Salt
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Mr. Carmichael
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Mrs. Haggerty
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Eric Baum
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Major Lenard
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Minor Role (uncredited)
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Carey (uncredited)
George Chung ...
Chinese Soldier (uncredited)
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Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited)
Jack Deery ...
British Officer at Shanghai (uncredited)
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British Railway Officer (uncredited)
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Train Engineer (uncredited)
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Chinese Officer (uncredited)
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Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)
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Mr. Albright (uncredited)
James B. Leong ...
A Rebel (uncredited)
Ura Mita ...
Chinese Woman (uncredited)
Miki Morita ...
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Minoru Nishida ...
Li Fung (uncredited)
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Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Directed by

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Josef von Sternberg

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Jules Furthman ... (screen play)
 
Harry Hervey ... (based on the story by)

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Adolph Zukor ... executive producer (uncredited)

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Karl Hajos ... (uncredited)
W. Franke Harling ... (uncredited)
Rudolph G. Kopp ... (uncredited)
John Leipold ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Lee Garmes ... (photographed by)
James Wong Howe ... (uncredited)

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Frank Sullivan ... (uncredited)

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Hans Dreier ... (uncredited)

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Travis Banton ... (gowns)

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Richard Kollorsz ... train designer (uncredited)

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Harry D. Mills ... sound (uncredited)

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Milton Bridenbecker ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Roy Clark ... second camera operator (uncredited)
Warner Cruze ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Otto Dyar ... still photographer (uncredited)
Don English ... still photographer (uncredited)
Junius Estep ... still photographer (uncredited)
Daniel L. Fapp ... second camera (uncredited)
Warren Lynch ... second camera operator (uncredited)
Homer Plannette ... gaffer (uncredited)

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Travis Banton ... costumer (uncredited)
René Hubert ... costumer (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Herman Hand ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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Adolph Zukor ... presenter
Tom Gubbins ... technical advisor (uncredited)
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Plot Summary

Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lily 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 Lily 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 guerrillas stop the train, Dr. Harvey is selected as the hostage. Lily saves him, but can she make him believe that she really hasn't changed from the woman he loved five years before? Written by Dale O'Connor

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Taglines Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return ! See more »
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Also Known As
  • Shanghaï Express (France)
  • Schanghai Express (Germany)
  • El expreso de Shanghai (Spain)
  • 上海快车 (China, Mandarin title)
  • Шанхайський експрес (Ukraine)
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  • 82 min
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Trivia The extras in the film mostly speak Cantonese - a Chinese dialect used mainly in southern China. If the film were to be more accurate, the extras would speak Mandarin, but most Chinese residents in the Los Angeles area (who worked as film extras) spoke Cantonese, necessitating Josef von Sternberg use Cantonese. See more »
Goofs The film is set in northern China (Peking to Shanghai). The government and warlord soldiers are speaking Taishanese, which is a southern Chinese dialect not generally spoken in northern China. The northern dialects of Mandarin Chinese (a Beijing dialect) and/or Shanghainese would be spoken instead. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Without Regret (1935). See more »
Soundtracks Shanghai Express Prelude See more »
Quotes Reverend Mr. Carmichael: Can you tell me what's wrong now?
Mr. Henry Chang: You're in China now, sir, where time and life have no value.
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