Shanghai Express Page #5

Synopsis: Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lil is on board than the fact that a civil war is going on that may make the trip take more than three days. The British Army doctor, Donald Harvey, knew Lil before she became a famous "coaster." A fellow passenger defines a coaster as "a woman who lives by her wits along the China coast." When Chinese guerillas stop the train, Dr. Harvey is selected as the hostage. Lil saves him, but can she make him believe that she really hasn't changed from the woman he loved five years before?
Director(s): Josef von Sternberg
Production: Paramount Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PASSED
Year:
1932
82 min
615 Views


You're still in love with him, aren't you?

- Yes.

- Is he still in love with you?

- I doubt it.

- You're right.

Love without faith, like religion without faith,

doesn't amount to very much.

I don't suppose I can help you.

No.

Did you find out

what kind of a woman she is?

Enough to realise

that she's worth a dozen of you.

I've no exaggerated idea of my own value

but what did she say to make you

so emphatic on that point?

She made me promise not to tell anyone,

particularly you,

but there's no restriction to my saying

that you're a profound fool.

Be that as it may, you evidently

place a great deal of faith

in what Shanghai Lily says.

You men of science regard me

and my kind as meddlesome fanatics

but I'd rather have one grain of my faith

than all your scientific disbelief.

You haven't a cigarette, have you, Doc?

You appear to be nervous.

Sleep would do you more good.

What makes you think I'm nervous?

One thing, your hands are trembling.

That's because you touched me, Doc.

I've been wanting to talk you.

Mr Carmichael tells me

you prayed for me last night.

I can't quite reconcile that

with what followed.

If you did pray for me, which I doubt,

do you mind telling me why?

I would have done that for anybody, Doc.

Good night.

Good old Shanghai,

never thought I'd see you again.

- Oh, que je suis contente de te voir!

- Je suis content, moi aussi.

Did you kill him with a knife or a revolver?

Is your home in Peking or is it Shanghai?

Killed him with a knife, didn't you?

- Welcome to Shanghai.

- Thank you very much.

Good morning. How are you?

Very kind of you to come down here.

Goodbye. How do you do?

Au revoir, monsieur.

Au revoir, madame.

Goodbye. Pleased to meet you. Goodbye.

Right outside. Goodbye.

Glad to have made your acquaintance.

Likewise. Goodbye.

- Goodbye, Mrs Haggerty.

- Goodbye.

Goodbye, Captain Harvey.

I owe you my life and I won't forget it.

Though, between you and me,

it isn't worth much.

- This is yours? I'll put it in the car.

- Yes.

- You won't be long?

- I'll come now.

We'd have all been in a pickle if you...

- Hello.

- Hello, Clarke, how are you?

- We thought you'd never turn up.

- I always do, like a bad penny.

I hope you pull the governor through.

If you ever want to lay a bet

on those gee-gees...

Goodbye. It's nice to have the journey over.

Goodbye, Mr Carmichael.

Good luck. Come along, Carey.

- Au revoir, mademoiselle.

- Au revoir, Major.

- Madame Rogot, my sister.

- Enchante, mademoiselle.

Mademoiselle a t trs bonne pour moi.

Merci, mademoiselle.

Il exaggre, je n'ai pas fait grand-chose.

- Au revoir, mademoiselle.

- Au revoir.

All set, Harvey.

All right. I'll be along in a minute.

I've got to attend to something.

We'll wait.

Forgive me for following you a moment ago.

I was afraid of losing you.

I was only buying you another watch.

What good is a watch without you?

I wish I could replace everything else, too.

Goodbye, Donald.

I won't let you out of my life again.

Everything else has become so unimportant.

I don't care if you were going to leave

with him. I don't care why.

All I want is another chance for a new start.

I'll be different.

You'll never have any cause for regret.

Please forgive me for my lack of faith.

Please do.

I know I've no right to ask you

even to listen to me.

It's very easy to listen to you.

You know I love you.

I always have and I always will.

I don't deserve that. I know I behaved badly.

Perhaps it was my fault.

I should have told you everything.

There's only one thing I want you to tell me.

What's that?

How in the name of Confucius

can I kiss you with all these people around?

But, Donald, there's no one here

but you and I.

Besides, many lovers come

to railroad stations to kiss

without attracting attention.

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Jules Furthman

Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 – September 22, 1966) was a magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter. more…

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