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The Ship from Shanghai (1930)

The Ship from Shanghai poster
Directed by
Charles Brabin
Genre
action film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An action film set aboard a yacht where a wealthy group of passengers face danger. The story follows the crew and travelers as a crisis unfolds at sea.

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What happens

The Ship from Shanghai is a 1930 Pre-Code American action film directed by Charles Brabin and written by John Howard Lawson. The film stars Conrad Nagel, Kay Johnson, Carmel Myers, Holmes Herbert and Zeffie Tilbury. The film was released on January 31, 1930, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The September 14, 1929 issue of "Loew's Weekly" claimed that it was the first all-talking picture to be made entirely at sea, "a special yacht having been outfitted with sound-absorbent material, from the captain's cabin to the keel, for this purpose. This yacht will be demolished in the climactic episode of the film." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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