Daughter of Shanghai

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Daughter of Shanghai

"One false move meant death!"

1937

1h 2m

5.4(14 votes)

Crime

Drama

Overview

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

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63 members

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Cecil Cunningham

Mrs. Mary Hunt

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Charles Bickford

Otto Hartman

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Buster Crabbe

Andrew Sleete (as Larry Crabbe)

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Evelyn Brent

Olga Derey

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Philip Ahn

Kim Lee

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J. Carrol Naish

Frank Barden

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Anna May Wong

Lan Ying Lin

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Anthony Quinn

Harry Morgan

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Fred Kohler

Captain Gulner

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Guy Bates Post

Lloyd Burkett

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Virginia Dabney

Rita - a Dancer

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John Patterson

James Lang

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Frank Sully

Jake Kelly

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Ching Wah Lee

Quan Lin

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Mae Busch

Lil

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Ernest Whitman

Sam Blike

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Billy Jones

Seaman in Fight (uncredited)

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Pierre Watkin

L.T. Yorkland

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Paul Fix

Miles

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Gino Corrado

Interpreter

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Paulita Arvizu

Dancer (uncredited)

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Carmen Bailey

Dancer (uncredited)

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Ted Billings

Barfly (uncredited)

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Agostino Borgato

Gypsy (uncredited)

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Marie Burton

Girl (uncredited)

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Spencer Chan

Worker (uncredited)

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Wong Chung

One of Quan Lin's Servants (uncredited)

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Chick Collins

Seaman in Fight (uncredited)

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Sheila Darcy

Girl (uncredited)

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Paula DeCardo

Girl (uncredited)

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James Dime

Tough Sailor (uncredited)

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Jimmie Dundee

Seaman in Fight (uncredited)

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Paul Fix

Miles (uncredited)

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Norah Gale

Girl (uncredited)

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Kit Guard

Barfly (uncredited)

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Harriette Haddon

Girl (uncredited)

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John Hart

Sailor (uncredited)

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Abe Hollandersky

Barfly (uncredited)

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Gwen Kenyon

Telephone Operator (uncredited)

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Carmen Laroux

Dancer (uncredited)

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Ching Wah Lee

Quan Lin (uncredited)

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Maurice Liu

Ah Fong (uncredited)

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Andre Marsaudon

South American (uncredited)

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Joyce Mathews

Girl (uncredited)

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Tina Menard

Dancer (uncredited)

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Helaine Moler

Girl (uncredited)

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Bill Powell

Carib Waiter (uncredited)

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Constantine Romanoff

Russian Alien (uncredited)

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Alma Ross

Girl (uncredited)

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Lee Shumway

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

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Harry Strang

Sailor (uncredited)

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Layne Tom Jr.

Chinese Candy Vendor (uncredited)

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Sammee Tong

Chinese Alien in Airplane (uncredited)

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Archie Twitchell

Secretary (uncredited)

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Blanca Vischer

Dancer (uncredited)

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Pierre Watkin

Mr. Yorkland (uncredited)

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Ernest Whitman

Sam Blike (uncredited)

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Charles C. Wilson

Schwartz (uncredited)

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Mrs. Wong Wing

Lu Chung - the Amah (uncredited)

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Alex Woloshin

Gypsy (uncredited)

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Beal Wong

Chinese Alien in Airplane (uncredited)

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Bruce Wong

Chinese Man (uncredited)

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Michael Wu

Yung Woo (uncredited)

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