A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Cast
Marlene Dietrich
Shanghai Lily
Clive Brook
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey
Anna May Wong
Hui Fei
Warner Oland
Mr. Henry Chang
Eugene Pallette
Sam Salt
Lawrence Grant
Reverend Carmichael
Louise Closser Hale
Mrs. Haggerty
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Eric Baum
Émile Chautard
Major Lenard
George Blagoi
Minor Role (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
Carey (uncredited)
George Chung
Chinese Soldier (uncredited)
Wong Chung
Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited)
Jack Deery
British Officer at Shanghai (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
British Railway Officer (uncredited)
Willie Fung
Train Engineer (uncredited)
Tom Gubbins
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Claude King
Mr. Albright (uncredited)
James B. Leong
A Rebel (uncredited)
Miki Morita
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Minoru Nishida
Li Fung (uncredited)
Victor Wong
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Ura Mita
Chinese Woman (uncredited)
Crew
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Jules Furthman
Screenplay
Harry Hervey
Story
Frank Sullivan
Editor
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Adolph Zukor
Executive Producer, Presenter
Warner Cruze
Assistant Camera
Milton Bridenbecker
Assistant Camera
Daniel L. Fapp
Second Assistant Camera
Warren Lynch
Second Assistant Camera
Roy Clark
Second Assistant Camera
Travis Banton
Costume Design, Costumer
René Hubert
Costumer
Harry D. Mills
Sound
W. Franke Harling
Original Music Composer
John Leipold
Original Music Composer
Karl Hajos
Original Music Composer
Rudolph G. Kopp
Original Music Composer
Richard Kollorsz
Set Designer
Junius Estep
Still Photographer
Otto Dyar
Still Photographer
Tom Gubbins
Technical Advisor
James Wong Howe
Additional Photography
Homer Plannette
Gaffer
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Herman Hand
Orchestrator
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