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Shadows Over Shanghai

  • 1938
  • Approved
  • 1h 5m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
153
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James Dunn, Robert Barrat, Lynda Grey, and Ralph Morgan in Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
Drama

A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.

  • Director
    • Charles Lamont
  • Writers
    • Joseph Hoffman
    • Richard Sale
  • Stars
    • James Dunn
    • Ralph Morgan
    • Robert Barrat
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    153
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charles Lamont
    • Writers
      • Joseph Hoffman
      • Richard Sale
    • Stars
      • James Dunn
      • Ralph Morgan
      • Robert Barrat
    • 10User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
    James Dunn, Robert Barrat, Lynda Grey, and Ralph Morgan in Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
    James Dunn, Robert Barrat, Lynda Grey, and Ralph Morgan in Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
    James Dunn, Robert Barrat, Lynda Grey, Ralph Morgan, and Paul Sutton in Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
    James Dunn, Robert Barrat, Chester Gan, Lynda Grey, Victor Wong, Richard Loo, Paul Sutton, and Victor Sen Yung in Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
    James Dunn, Robert Barrat, Chester Gan, Lynda Grey, Victor Wong, Ralph Morgan, and Victor Sen Yung in Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
    James Dunn, Robert Barrat, Chester Gan, Lynda Grey, Victor Wong, Ralph Morgan, Paul Sutton, and Victor Sen Yung in Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)
    James Dunn, Robert Barrat, Lynda Grey, Ralph Morgan, and Paul Sutton in Shadows Over Shanghai (1938)

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    James Dunn
    James Dunn
    • Johnny McGinty
    Ralph Morgan
    Ralph Morgan
    • Howard Barclay
    Robert Barrat
    Robert Barrat
    • Igor Sargoza
    Lynda Grey
    • Irene Roma
    • (as Linda Gray)
    Paul Sutton
    Paul Sutton
    • Yokahama
    Edward Woods
    Edward Woods
    • Peter Roma
    Edwin Mordant
    • Dr. Adams
    Chester Gan
    Chester Gan
    • Lun Sat Li
    Victor Wong
    Victor Wong
    • Wu Chang
    Edward Keane
    Edward Keane
    • American Consul
    Billy Bevan
    Billy Bevan
    • Gallicuddy
    William Haade
    William Haade
    • Captain Murphy
    Richard Loo
    Richard Loo
    • Fong
    Victor Sen Yung
    Victor Sen Yung
    • Wang
    • (as Victor Young)
    Spencer Chan
    Spencer Chan
    • Messenger
    • (uncredited)
    Moy Ming
    • Businessman
    • (uncredited)
    Layne Tom Jr.
    Layne Tom Jr.
    • Chinese Boy at School
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charles Lamont
    • Writers
      • Joseph Hoffman
      • Richard Sale
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    • Trivia
      The earliest documented telecasts of this film in New York City occurred Monday 16 October 1944 on NBC's pioneer television station WNBT (Channel 1), and Monday 14 October 1946 on Dumont Television Network's WABD (Channel 5), in Los Angeles Sunday 11 April 1948 on Dumont's KTLA (Channel 5), in Baltimore Saturday 19 June 1948 on WBAL (Channel 11), and in Chicago Saturday 17 July 1948 on WGN (Channel 9).
    • Goofs
      When Johnny enters the hotel lobby and goes to the area in which the three courtesy phones are located, the middle phone is in use. Johnny makes his call on the phone on the left, but when he finishes his conversation, he hangs up the middle phone.
    • Quotes

      Howard Barclay: You're witnessing a preview of what the next war will be like.

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    8/10
    A damsel in distress in China caught up in international spying intrigues
    This is a preview of the second world war, made the year before it started. The characters even point it out, that this is what you have to expect of the coming war, and it sure is coming. The war scenes, although having nothing to do with the intrigue, are devastating in their impact. James Dunn and Ralph Morgan make a perfect complimentary pair: Dunn as hilarious as any comic, and Morgan unfathomable in his sinister objectivity: you can't guess what he really is up to and what he knows and on which side he is on. To this comes Linda Grey as the perfect innocent damsel in distress who has to be helped at any cost, which both the protagonists are more than eager to do, and at least she gets off well, leaving her dying brother behind in a troublesome fate that never gets explained. The villain is typical of the 30s: he is all evil and can't be anything else. James Dunn's humour and good spirits saves the film, which is good entertainment indeed, and the Americans should have known something of what to expect of the Japanese three years before Pearl Harbour, which they of course didn't.
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    • Release date
      • October 14, 1938 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Thunder Over China
    • Production company
      • Franklyn Warner Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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