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Shanghai Madness

Shanghai Madness

"WHO CARES FOR THE FUTURE...THERE IS NONE IN SHANGHAI"

19331h 8mNR

Overview

In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires him to run a gunboat up the river. He drops Wildeth off at a mission for safety, but when his boat returns the mission is being attacked by communists.

Directed by John G. Blystone
Written by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Austin Parker, Gordon Wellesley
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Top Cast

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Tracy

Pat Jackson

Fay Wray

Fay Wray

Wildeth Christie

Ralph Morgan

Ralph Morgan

Li Po Chang

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Lobo Lonergan

Herbert Mundin

Herbert Mundin

Larsen

Reginald Mason

Reginald Mason

William Christie

Arthur Hoyt

Arthur Hoyt

Van Emery

Albert Conti

Albert Conti

Rigaud

Maude Eburne

Maude Eburne

Mrs. Glissen

Wilhelm von Brincken

Wilhelm von Brincken

von Uhlenberg

Themes & Keywords

navychinapre-code

About Shanghai Madness

Shanghai Madness is a drama, adventure film released in 1933 exploring themes of navy, china, pre-code. Directed by John G. Blystone, it stars Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Ralph Morgan. In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires him to run a gunboat up the river. He drops Wildeth off at a mission for safety, but when his boat returns the mission is being attacked by communists.

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