Daughter of Shanghai

Dec 17, 1937

1h 2m

★ 5.1

One false move meant death!

Overview

A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Mrs. Mary Hunt

Cecil Cunningham

Otto Hartman

Charles Bickford

Andrew Sleete (as Larry Crabbe)

Buster Crabbe

Olga Derey

Evelyn Brent

Kim Lee

Philip Ahn

Frank Barden

J. Carrol Naish

Lan Ying Lin

Anna May Wong

Harry Morgan

Anthony Quinn

Captain Gulner

Fred Kohler

Lloyd Burkett

Guy Bates Post

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