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Certificate PG

Cast Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook Anna May Wong Warner Oland Eugene Pallette

Directors Joseph von Sternberg

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Running Time 82 minutes

Shanghai Express

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Plot
Shanghai Lily meets up with old flame Donald Harvey on a Chinese express, whose passengers all have secrets to hide, especially arrogant merchant Henry Chang, who is really a rebel warlord, whose men ambush the train in the hope of exchanging the hostages for some jailed comrades.

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