Daughter of Shanghai

A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.

Cast

Anna May Wong

as Lan Ying Lin

Charles Bickford

as Otto Hartman

Buster Crabbe

as Andrew Sleete (as Larry Crabbe)

Cecil Cunningham

as Mrs. Mary Hunt

J. Carrol Naish

as Frank Barden

Anthony Quinn

as Harry Morgan

Evelyn Brent

as Olga Derey

Philip Ahn

as Kim Lee

Fred Kohler

as Captain Gulner

Guy Bates Post

as Lloyd Burkett

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