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The Shanghai Story is a 1954 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring Ruth Roman, Edmond O'Brien and Richard Jaeckel. It was based on a novel by Lester Yard. The film's sets were designed by the art director William Flannery. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures as one of the company's more prestigious ...
In post-WW2 Shanghai, expatriate Westerners are detained in the Waldorf Hotel until the Communists can identify a suspected spy among them but some prisoners try to outwit the interrogators and the armed guards and flee.
Oct 23, 2021 · A film noir about a gangster who tries to escape his past in Shanghai. Watch or download the movie for free on the Internet Archive, a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, music, and more.
- 90 min
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Sep 19, 2021 · Αn ethical film-noir, crime love film based on Lester Yard's novel, produced and directed by Frank Lloyd.
- 90 min
- 11.2K
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Behind the Bamboo Curtain of mainland China, after the Communist takeover, Westerners residing in Shanghai are rounded up by the brutal Maj. Ling Wu and his police and interned at the Waldorf House Hotel, pending the identification of a spy known to be sending critical information to the West.
- Frank Lloyd
- Ruth Roman
Original title: The Shanghai Story. Synopsis: Too many years in the Orient have made a bitter man of Dr. Dan Maynard (Edmond O'Brien), an American surgeon, and too little emotional stability has tarnished the Tangier-born Rita King (Ruth Roman). ...
A failed product copywriter with an alcohol dependency crosses paths with a mysterious stranger on a personal mission and together they embark on an unforgettable adventure across the neon-lit Shanghai.
