Kauhujen Shanghai

Original title: The Shanghai Story

19541954
K-16K-16
1h 30m

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5.8/10

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Philip Ahn, Edmond O'Brien, and Ruth Roman in Kauhujen Shanghai (1954)

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In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators ... Read allIn post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.

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5.8/10

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Director
- Frank Lloyd
Writers
- Steve Fisher(screenplay)
- Seton I. Miller(screenplay)
- Lester Yard(based on a story by)
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Marvin Miller and Ruth Roman in Kauhujen Shanghai (1954)

Edmond O'Brien and Ruth Roman in Kauhujen Shanghai (1954)

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Trivia
Its World Television Premiere was 9 March 1958 on New York's WRCA-TV, Channel 4.

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Quotes
Dr. Dan Maynard: Why don't they lock you up with the rest of us? What have you got, a pipeline direct to the big brass?
Rita King: Why should they lock me up with a group of people who have been fools enough to let themselves get trapped in China? They had plenty of time to get out. I've always lived at this hotel. It's comfortable. I like comfort. Besides, I'm not a citizen of the western nations. I was born in Tangiers. And I am a woman of all countries. With no politics.
Dr. Dan Maynard: No politics?
Rita King: That's right. I'm not on anybody's team. I'm strictly on my own.
Dr. Dan Maynard: Are you happy that way?
Rita King: What difference does it make?
Dr. Dan Maynard: I don't think you are. I can see in that.
Rita King: What else can you see?
Dr. Dan Maynard: I'm not sure. But I think there might be an old dream there.
Rita King: But it's dying out, is that it?
Dr. Dan Maynard: It does for all of us.

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Referenced in 400 kepposta (1959)

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6/10

It feels like Key Largo and Casablanca all over again

Several Americans living in China are held captive in a hotel until the Chinese military finds out which of them is a spy. Hardly an original plot, but there is some good suspense. The leads have absolutely NO CHEMISTRY. I basically watched this to see Ruth Roman. Her part is good, but she doesn't play the downtrodden gutsy dames that made us love her. O'Brien is his typical crabby self. The supporting characters are relegated to speaking extras.

It is worth a watch, but don't go in with high expectations.

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