"A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey."
Marlene Dietrich
as Shanghai Lily
Clive Brook
as Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey
Anna May Wong
as Hui Fei
Warner Oland
as Mr. Henry Chang
Eugene Pallette
as Sam Salt
Lawrence Grant
as Reverend Carmichael
Louise Closser Hale
as Mrs. Haggerty
Gustav von Seyffertitz
as Eric Baum
Émile Chautard
as Major Lenard
George Blagoi
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Leonard Carey
as Carey (uncredited)
George Chung
as Chinese Soldier (uncredited)
Wong Chung
as Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited)
Jack Deery
as British Officer at Shanghai (uncredited)
Herbert Evans
as British Railway Officer (uncredited)
Willie Fung
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
Tom Gubbins
as Chinese Officer (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
as Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Claude King
as Mr. Albright (uncredited)
James B. Leong
as A Rebel (uncredited)
Miki Morita
Minoru Nishida
as Li Fung (uncredited)
Victor Wong
Ura Mita
as Chinese Woman (uncredited)
Josef von Sternberg
Director
Jules Furthman
Screenplay
Lee Garmes
Director of Photography
Travis Banton
Costume Design
Adolph Zukor
Executive Producer
Frank Sullivan
Editor
Hans Dreier
Art Direction
Karl Hajos
Original Music Composer
W. Franke Harling
Rudolph G. Kopp
John Leipold
James Wong Howe
Additional Photography
Richard Kollorsz
Set Designer
Harry D. Mills
Sound
Milton Bridenbecker
Assistant Camera
Roy Clark
Second Assistant Camera
Warner Cruze
Otto Dyar
Still Photographer
Junius Estep
Daniel L. Fapp
Warren Lynch
Homer Plannette
Gaffer
Costumer
René Hubert
Herman Hand
Orchestrator
Presenter
Technical Advisor
Harry Hervey
Story