The Shanghai Story Blu-ray Movie  

Olive Films | 1954 | 90 min | Not rated | Mar 31, 2015 | Jeffrey Kauffman

Many years of living in the Orient has made American surgeon Dr. Dan Maynard bitter, and emotional instability has weakened Tangier-born Rita King. The meet when a night-raid by Shanghai's police chief gathers and inters all westerners in the Waldorf House Hotel under the guardianship of the cold and cruel Major Ling Wu. Rita benefits from the relationship she has with the police, which in turn creates contempt and suspicion among her fellow detainees. Rita's subsequent actions cause a favorable shift in the popular opinion of her, only to be followed by unfortunate circumstances that shake the core of her supporters' trust in her.

Action / Drama / Thriller