Shanghai Express (1932)

Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return!

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

Cast (24)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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)

G

George Chung

Chinese Soldier (uncredited)

Wong Chung

Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited)

J

Jack Deery

British Officer at Shanghai (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

British Railway Officer (uncredited)

Willie Fung

Train Engineer (uncredited)

T

Tom Gubbins

Chinese Officer (uncredited)

F

Forrester Harvey

Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Claude King

Mr. Albright (uncredited)

James B. Leong

A Rebel (uncredited)

Miki Morita

Chinese Officer (uncredited)

M

Minoru Nishida

Li Fung (uncredited)

Victor Wong

Chinese Officer (uncredited)

U

Ura Mita

Chinese Woman (uncredited)

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