Shanghai Express

Shanghai Express

1932 · 82 min · EN · 6.9 (169 votes)
Dir. Josef von Sternberg · Starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant · Music Karl Hajos

Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return!

AdventureDramaRomance

A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.

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A smoky, glamorous journey across a turbulent China. Expect simmering tension, forbidden romance, and a palpable sense of danger as fate, and old flames, collide on a packed train.

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