Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)

Directed by

Charles Lamont

Genre

drama film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 06m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Shanghai during the war with Japan, spies from Japan and Russia compete to steal a valuable amulet. The amulet is the key to a large fund intended to buy weapons for China.

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What happens

Shadows Over Shanghai is a 1938 American drama film directed by Charles Lamont and starring James Dunn, Ralph Morgan, Robert Barrat, and Paul Sutton. Set in Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War, the plot centers on the efforts of Japanese and Russian espionage agents to get their hands on an amulet which is the key to a $5 million fund meant to help China purchase munitions. Footage from the bombing of Shanghai during the 1937–1945 war was incorporated into several scenes. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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