Shanghai Express

The Shanghai Express dares to ask: can you find love on a train in wartime? Passengers on the titular train from Peking to Shanghai find themselves caught in the middle of the Chinese Civil War. It's a credit to the film that everyone seems so glamorous despite the circumstances.

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Josef von Sternberg directed Shanghai Express in 1932. See Josef von Sternberg's full filmography, where to start with Josef von Sternberg, or where to go after you've seen everything by Josef von Sternberg.

Shanghai Express was released in 1932 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 82 minutes.