12 Feb 1932
Shanghai Express
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
American Madness
The Great American Picture of Today!
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
Top Billed Cast
Walter Huston Thomas Dickson
Pat O’Brien Matt Brown
Kay Johnson Phyllis Dickson
Constance Cummings Helen
Gavin Gordon Cyril Cluett
Arthur Hoyt Ives
Robert Emmett O'Connor Police Inspector
Edwin Maxwell Clark (uncredited)
Sterling Holloway Oscar (uncredited)
Tom Dugan Depositor (uncredited)
Charley Grapewin Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley Sampson (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler Kelly (uncredited)
Berton Churchill O'Brien (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards Gossip on Phone (uncredited)
Julia Griffith Gossip on Phone (uncredited)
Sherry Hall Carter (uncredited)
Harry Holman Loan-Seeker (uncredited)
Anderson Lawler Charlie (uncredited)
Ralph Lewis Judge (uncredited)
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