The Shanghai Drama

The Shanghai Drama (1938)

September 23rd, 19381h 35min

Drama
64%

Overview

A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...


Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!

Trailer

Similar Movies

The Shanghai Gesture

The Shanghai Gesture


Released on: 1941-12-25
Drama

A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.

Three in the Attic

Three in the Attic


Released on: 1968-12-20
Drama, Comedy

In the swinging sixties three girls discover they have the same boyfriend who has been playing aroun...

The Big White

The Big White


Released on: 2005-10-27
Comedy, Crime, Drama

To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens ...

The Lady from Shanghai

The Lady from Shanghai


Released on: 1947-12-24
Mystery, Crime, Thriller, Drama

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.

John Q

John Q


Released on: 2002-02-15
Drama, Thriller, Crime

John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then...

God's Eye View

God's Eye View


Released on: 2014-04-16
Drama

A Christian missionary group is abducted by Islamic rebels. In fear for their lives, the group slowl...

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run


Released on: 2020-08-04
Drama

A young Kyrgyz woman is kidnapped and forced to marry. A drama about the desire for freedom in the c...

The Shipping News

The Shipping News


Released on: 2001-12-18
Drama, Romance

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to rec...

O Anel de Eva

O Anel de Eva


Released on: 2024-06-13
Drama

After her adoptive father's death, Eva receives a reliquary with mysterious objects hinting at her o...

By Any Means

By Any Means


Released on: 2017-06-27
Mystery, Drama, Crime, Thriller

A C-list celebrity gets kidnapped and held hostage after a night-club appearance. When the police in...

The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland


Released on: 2006-09-27
Drama

Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his fo...

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

Seance on a Wet Afternoon


Released on: 1964-06-19
Crime, Thriller, Drama

Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the si...

Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone


Released on: 2007-09-18
Crime, Drama, Mystery

When 4 year old Amanda McCready disappears from her home and the police make little headway in solvi...

Layer Cake

Layer Cake


Released on: 2004-09-30
Drama, Thriller, Crime

When a seemingly straight-forward drug deal goes awry, XXXX has to break his die-hard rules and turn...

Empire of the Sun

Empire of the Sun


Released on: 1987-12-09
Drama, History, War

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all...

A Matter of Sex

A Matter of Sex


Released on: 1984-01-01
Drama, TV Movie

Dramatization of the true story of the so-called Willmar Eight, a group of Minnesota bank workers wh...

Green Days

Green Days


Released on: 2018-11-14
Drama

Sulan, who works in a factory in the summer of 1978, begins learning photos with other female worker...

Killing Zoe

Killing Zoe


Released on: 1993-10-01
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller

Zed is an American vault-cracker who travels to Paris to meet up with his old friend Eric. Eric and ...

Lust, Caution

Lust, Caution


Released on: 2007-09-24
Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller

During World War II, a secret agent must seduce and assassinate an official who works for the Japane...

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance


Released on: 2002-03-29
Action, Drama, Thriller

A deaf man and his girlfriend resort to desperate measures in order to fund a kidney transplant for ...