Shanghai Express
7.3
1932
1 hr 22 min
Adventure
, Drama
, Romance
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
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- Cast:
- Marlene Dietrich , Clive Brook , Anna May Wong , Warner Oland , Eugene Pallette , Lawrence Grant , Louise Closser Hale
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Don't Believe the Hype
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Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
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Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
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This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.
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