Shanghai Express Page #3

Synopsis: Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lil is on board than the fact that a civil war is going on that may make the trip take more than three days. The British Army doctor, Donald Harvey, knew Lil before she became a famous "coaster." A fellow passenger defines a coaster as "a woman who lives by her wits along the China coast." When Chinese guerillas stop the train, Dr. Harvey is selected as the hostage. Lil saves him, but can she make him believe that she really hasn't changed from the woman he loved five years before?
Director(s): Josef von Sternberg
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
1932
82 min
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The conductor promised me

there wouldn't be any trouble.

Don't get me excited. I'm trying to figure

the odds of getting out alive.

It's an outrage. I'm going to finish my dinner.

Mr Carmichael, I think you should consider

your dinner unimportant.

Arrtez a avant qu'on ait fini de dner.

I shall complain to my consul.

They can't do this to me.

I shouldn't get off, night air's bad for me.

Don't be silly, Mr Baum, we're in a civil war -

spy scares and firing squads.

I am a German citizen.

I have nothing to fear.

Ich bin ein deutscher Brger.

I'll take this off. They're after somebody

and they've got nothing on me.

O est-ce qu'il est encore?

J'ai assez de m'occuper de moi.

I don't know what you're saying, brother,

but don't say it again.

There you are, my boy.

All aboard!

A lot of fuss for one man.

Wonder why they arrested him.

Probably a revolutionary spy

trying to get back to his own lines.

- What do you want?

- It's a long journey, and a lonely one.

- Your compartment is made up, sir.

- Vous tes un bon garon.

Bonne nuit, monsieur. Dormez bien.

Someday that sardine inspector's

going to go too far.

Pardon me. Pardon me!

Verdammtes auslndisches Gesindel.

What did he say to you?

Something he'll probably have

occasion to regret.

I can't make head or tail out of you,

Mr Chang.

Are you Chinese, or are you white,

or what are you?

My mother was Chinese,

my father was white.

You look more like a white man.

I'm not proud of my white blood.

- You're not, are you?

- No, I'm not.

- Rather be a Chinaman?

- Yes.

What future is there?

You're born, eat some rice, and you die.

What a country! Let's have a drink.

Do you want to be alone, Doctor?

No, it's quite all right.

I was just going to turn in anyway.

Don't let me detain you.

I thought it was quite early.

- What time is it?

- 9:
30.

You still have the watch I gave you, Donald.

I was afraid you'd notice it.

- I had long hair then.

- I remember quite well.

Do you expect to stay in Shanghai a while?

I think so.

Then we ought to see a lot of each other.

Perhaps.

What have you been doing

since I saw you last?

Mostly service routine.

Couple of years in India after our smash-up.

I went back to England, then I was assigned

to an expedition in Manchuria.

Sounds as if you have been

rather lonesome, Doc.

I wasn't lonesome.

It was an active life full of excitement.

I suppose you mean women.

It was difficult to find someone

to take your place.

Did you try very hard?

Not particularly.

I didn't want to be hurt again.

Always a bit selfish, Doc,

thinking of your own hurt.

I can't accept your reproach.

I was the only one hurt.

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Jules Furthman

Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 – September 22, 1966) was a magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter. more…

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