---
title: 'Shanghai Express (1932)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Josef von Sternberg'
released: '1932-02-02'
runtime_minutes: 80
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shanghai-express-1932'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023458/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shanghai Express (1932)

1932 · 80 min · Drama, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Josef von Sternberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-von-sternberg)
- **Screenplay:** [Jules Furthman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jules-furthman), [Harry Hervey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hervey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [W. Franke Harling](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-franke-harling)
- **Producer:** [Adolph Zukor](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolph-zukor)
- **Director of Photography:** [James Wong Howe](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-wong-howe), [Lee Garmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-garmes)
- **Editor:** [Frank Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-sullivan)

## Cast

- [Willie Fung](https://cinepixo.com/people/willie-fung)
- [Claude King](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-king)
- [Eugene Pallette](https://cinepixo.com/people/eugene-pallette)
- [Marlene Dietrich](https://cinepixo.com/people/marlene-dietrich)
- [Warner Oland](https://cinepixo.com/people/warner-oland)
- [Clive Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/clive-brook)
- [Louise Closser Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-closser-hale)
- [Lawrence Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-grant)
- [Émile Chautard](https://cinepixo.com/people/emile-chautard)
- [Leonard Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-carey)
- [Anna May Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-may-wong)
- [Gustav von Seyffertitz](https://cinepixo.com/people/gustav-von-seyffertitz)

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