Shanghai express
By: directed by Josef von Sternberg ; screenplay by Jules Furthman
Contributors: Dietrich, Marlene, actor; Brook, Clive, 1887-1974, actor; Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961, actor; Criterion Collection (Firm); Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm); Criterion Collection (Firm)
Series: Criterion collection -- 933; Criterion collection -- 933.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 82
ISBN-13: 9781681434674
Subjects: Drama; Man-woman relationships; Railroad trains; Hijacking of trains
Description: An opulent romantic adventure that focuses on a diverse group of passengers traveling by express train from Peking to Shanghai. Among them is Captain Doc Harvey, who finds himself reunited with his former lover, now an infamous adventuress who calls herself Shanghai Lily. Desire and deception follow, culminating in a tense hostage situation when their train is hijacked by a Chinese warlord.
Notes: Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.

Full screen (1.33:1).

Special features: New interview with Homay King.

Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna Mae Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, full screen (1.33:1); Dolby mono.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).