Shanghai Express (1932)

Directed by

Josef von Sternberg

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

12

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 240 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of train passengers are taken hostage by a warlord in China. Among them are a beautiful courtesan and a British military doctor who were once lovers.

glamoroustensestylishromanticdangeroussuspensefulromanticsleek

What happens

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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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