Tijdens een politiek instabiele periode in China, rijdt een groep passagiers met de Shanghai Express van Peking naar Shanghai, een reis van drie dagen. Onder hen is de beruchte Shanghai Lily, die vroeger een liefdesrelatie had met de Britse dokter Donald Harvey, tot haar verbazing een medepassagier. Dan wordt Harvey echter gekidnapt door een groep rebellen die de trein overvalt.
Nee, helaas is Shanghai Express nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Josef von Sternberg | Director |
| Writing | Jules Furthman | Screenplay |
| Camera | Lee Garmes | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costume Design |
| Production | Adolph Zukor | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Frank Sullivan | Editor |
| Art | Hans Dreier | Art Direction |
| Sound | Karl Hajos | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | W. Franke Harling | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Rudolph G. Kopp | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | John Leipold | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | James Wong Howe | Additional Photography |
| Art | Richard Kollorsz | Set Designer |
| Sound | Harry D. Mills | Sound |
| Camera | Milton Bridenbecker | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Roy Clark | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Warner Cruze | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Otto Dyar | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Junius Estep | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Daniel L. Fapp | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Warren Lynch | Second Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Homer Plannette | Gaffer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Travis Banton | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | René Hubert | Costumer |
| Sound | Herman Hand | Orchestrator |
| Crew | Adolph Zukor | Presenter |
| Crew | Tom Gubbins | Technical Advisor |
| Writing | Harry Hervey | Story |
