Shanghai Express (film)

Shanghai Express
Original theatrical poster
Directed by	Josef von Sternberg
Written by	Jules Furthman Harry Hervey (story)
Based on	"Sky Over China" (also known as "China Pass") by Harry Hervey
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	Marlene Dietrich Clive Brook Anna May Wong Warner Oland
Cinematography	Lee Garmes
Edited by	Frank Sullivan
Music by	W. Franke Harling Rudolph G. Kopp
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 12, 1932 (1932-02-12)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$1.5 million (worldwide rentals)[1]

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.

The film was released during the midst of the Great Depression. It was remade as Night Plane from Chungking (1943) and Peking Express (1951).