Although he was working on a sound stage, [Sternberg] makes China seem claustrophobic, dirty and exotic.
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Shanghai Express (1932)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:9
Rotten:0
Average Rating:8.5/10
Runtime: 82 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: High adventure aboard a train traveling from Peking to Shanghai through a China enflamed in Civil War. When a warlord ambushes the train and threatens to blind Shanghai Lilly's (Dietrich's) old... [More]
Starring: Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Clive Brook
Director: Josef Von Sternberg
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This is one of seven vehicles where Dietrich and Sternberg teamed-up together, and it's one of their most pleasing.
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05/24/03
Top CriticSternberg's greatest work--and that's saying something!
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