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Daughter of Shanghai (1937)

APPROVED 62 min  -  Crime | Drama | Romance  -   17 December 1937 (USA)
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Chinese-American woman tries to expose illegal alien smuggling ring.

Director:

Robert Florey

Writers:

Gladys Unger (screenplay), Garnett Weston (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Anna May Wong ...
Lan Ying Lin
Charles Bickford Charles Bickford ...
Otto Hartman
Buster Crabbe ...
Andrew Sleete (as Larry Crabbe)
Cecil Cunningham Cecil Cunningham ...
Mrs. Mary Hunt
J. Carrol Naish J. Carrol Naish ...
Frank Barden
Anthony Quinn ...
Harry Morgan
John Patterson John Patterson ...
James Lang
Evelyn Brent ...
Olga Derey
Philip Ahn Philip Ahn ...
Kim Lee
Fred Kohler Fred Kohler ...
Captain Gulner
Guy Bates Post Guy Bates Post ...
Lloyd Burkett
Virginia Dabney Virginia Dabney ...
Rita - a Dancer
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Storyline

In an unidentified airplane flying over the ocean in which six aliens are huddled, alien-smugglers Frank Barden and Andrew Sleete are trying to evade a government pursuit plane. They dump the screaming "evidence" into the sea. Escaping pursuit, they later approach wealthy merchant Quan Lin and demand he take some aliens off of their hands. They kill him when he refuses. Lan Ying Lin, his daughter, goes to wealthy society matron Mrs. Mary Hunt for help. She introduces her to an inspector and Kim Lee, a government agent. Unknown to all, Mrs. Hunt is the power behind the smuggling ring. Turning detective to catch her father's killers, Lan Ying Lin finds herself on a remote island where she takes a job as a dancer in a honky-tonk operated by Otto Hartman, and discovers the island resort is a blind for an alien receiving station. She gets the evidence on Hartman and flees the island with agent Lee... Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Smuggling | Island | Government | Evidence | Smuggling Ring  | See more »

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Cantonese

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Daughter of the Orient See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

(copyright length) (TCM print)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Natalie Schafer's first film performance. See more »

Soundtracks

"It's Raining in Shanghai"
(uncredited)
Music by Friedrich Hollaender See more »