Shanghai Express (1932)
With Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, Clive Brook, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Émile Chautard, Lawrence Grant, Gustav von Seyffertitz
Directed by Josef von Sternberg
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.
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