The Shanghai Story
You're a lying Shanghai dame…
1954 | 90m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Frank Lloyd |
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| Writer: | Steve Fisher, Lester Yard, Seton I. Miller |
| Staring: |
| Shanghai, China. The last expatriate Westerners still living in the city are imprisoned in a hotel by the communist authorities in order to find the spy hiding among them. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 01, 1954 |
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| Director: | Frank Lloyd |
| Writer: | Steve Fisher, Lester Yard, Seton I. Miller |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Keywords | hotel, shanghai, china, espionage, anti-communism, cold war propaganda |
| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Ruth Roman | Rita King |
| Edmond O'Brien | Daniel Maynard |
| Richard Jaeckel | 'Knuckles' Greer |
| Barry Kelley | Ricki Dolmine |
| Whit Bissell | Paul Grant |
| Basil Ruysdael | Rev. Hollingsworth |
| Marvin Miller | Colonel Zorek |
| Yvette Duguay | Leah De Verno |
| Paul Picerni | Emilio De Verno |
| Isabel Randolph | Mrs. Merryweather |
| Philip Ahn | Major Ling Wu |
| Frances Rafferty | Mrs. Warren |
| Frank Ferguson | Mr. Haljerson |
| James Griffith | Carl Hoyt |
| John Alvin | John Warren |
| Frank Puglia | Mr. Chang |
| Victor Sen Yung | Sun Lee |
| Janine Perreau | Penny Warren |
| Richard Loo | Officer |
| Donald Curtis | Leader (uncredited) |
| James Hong | Driver (uncredited) |
| Beal Wong | Vendor (uncredited) |
| Joseph Kim | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| Weaver Levy | Sampan Captain (uncredited) |
| Richard Wang | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Tommy Lee | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Eddie Lee | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Steve Fisher | Screenplay |
| Lester Yard | Novel |
| Jack A. Marta | Director of Photography |
| William Flannery | Art Direction |
| R. Dale Butts | Original Music Composer |
| William Beaudine Jr. | Assistant Director |
| Earl Crain Sr. | Sound |
| Howard Wilson | Sound |
| Adele Palmer | Costume Designer |
| Edward G. Boyle | Set Decoration |
| John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Tony Martinelli | Editor |
| Howard Lydecker | Special Effects |
| Theodore Lydecker | Special Effects |
| Bob Mark | Makeup Supervisor |
| Peggy Gray | Hairstylist |
| Frank Lloyd | Director |
| Seton I. Miller | Screenplay |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Herbert J. Yates | Producer |
| Frank Lloyd | Associate Producer |
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| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
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