A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal-alien smuggling ring.A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal-alien smuggling ring.A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
- Awards
- 1 win
Buster Crabbe
- Andrew Sleete
- (as Larry Crabbe)
Paulita Arvizu
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Carmen Bailey
- Dancer
- (uncredited)
Ted Billings
- Barfly
- (uncredited)
Agostino Borgato
- Gypsy
- (uncredited)
Marie Burton
- Girl
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWritten and produced as a star vehicle for Anna May Wong. Earlier the same year she had been rejected for the lead in The Good Earth (1937), a role she strove to land. Losing the part to a white actress was a bitter pill for her to swallow.
- GoofsWhen Frank Barden grabs the newspaper from Harry Morgan, he has a cigarette in his left hand. But on the next immediate cut, he is now holding the cigarette with his right hand. Then on the immediate cut after that, he is back to holding it with his left hand.
- Quotes
Lan Ying Lin: I hope that you will continue in my service, as long and as faithfully as in my father's.
One of Quan Lin's Servants: May our days be filled with unrest if we do not serve you well.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Anna May Wong, Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (2007)
Featured review
Talented cast in story that is relevant, still and again
Smugglers can be heroes, but smugglers of people, or traffickers, usually are villains of the worst kind.
"Daughter of Shanghai" shows traffickers at their murderous worst. There is, in fact, one scene copied from the worst days of cross-Atlantic slave-trading.
With the Biden-Harris administration's wide-open southern border, human trafficking is again a consideration, and is again a subject of concern -- at least for people outside the administration.
The trafficking of this movie is different: All the "illegal immigrants" are eager to be smuggled into these United States. They are not kidnapped and are not drug smugglers. They are, apparently, people who expect to find jobs in order to better themselves and their families.
Unfortunately for them, the people in charge of the operation essentially sell them, making another profit from the people and businesses who buy the immigrants, and paying their new workers just room and board.
There is a lot of drama and horror, and a daughter of a man murdered because he refused to accept the immigrants sets out to find her father's killer.
Anna May Wong is being featured on TCM this month and "Daughter of Shanghai" was presented on 19 May 2022. If you missed it, I do hope you can find it somewhere. If only for the excellent performers, this is a film to watch.
"Daughter of Shanghai" shows traffickers at their murderous worst. There is, in fact, one scene copied from the worst days of cross-Atlantic slave-trading.
With the Biden-Harris administration's wide-open southern border, human trafficking is again a consideration, and is again a subject of concern -- at least for people outside the administration.
The trafficking of this movie is different: All the "illegal immigrants" are eager to be smuggled into these United States. They are not kidnapped and are not drug smugglers. They are, apparently, people who expect to find jobs in order to better themselves and their families.
Unfortunately for them, the people in charge of the operation essentially sell them, making another profit from the people and businesses who buy the immigrants, and paying their new workers just room and board.
There is a lot of drama and horror, and a daughter of a man murdered because he refused to accept the immigrants sets out to find her father's killer.
Anna May Wong is being featured on TCM this month and "Daughter of Shanghai" was presented on 19 May 2022. If you missed it, I do hope you can find it somewhere. If only for the excellent performers, this is a film to watch.
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- morrisonhimself
- May 20, 2022
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Across the River
- Filming locations
- 532 Grant Street, San Francisco, California, USA(Exterior of Shanghai Low restaurant - Chinatown establishing shot)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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