Shanghai Express (film)
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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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Shanghai Express | |
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Directed by | Josef von Sternberg |
Written by | Jules Furthman Harry Hervey (story) |
Based on | "Sky Over China" (also known as "China Pass") by Harry Hervey |
Produced by | Adolph Zukor |
Starring | Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook Anna May Wong Warner Oland |
Cinematography | Lee Garmes |
Edited by | Frank Sullivan |
Music by | W. Franke Harling Rudolph G. Kopp |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.5 million (worldwide rentals)[1] |
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The film was released during the midst of the Great Depression. It was remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943) and Peking Express (1951).