The Shanghai Story (1954)
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Produced and directed by the prestigious Frank Lloyd, The Shanghai Story was promoted as a "class" production by the bread-and-butter firm of Republic Pictures. The film takes place in the eponymous far-eastern metropolis (courtesy of the Republic backlot), where Communist police chief Colonel Zorek (Marvin Miller) hopes to trap an American spy. Zorek rounds up the usual suspects and sequesters them in a seedy hotel. Could the spy be Dan Maynard (Edmond O'Brien), a cynical doctor? Is it munitions profiteer Ricki Dolmine (Barry Kelley)? Perhaps it's two-fisted mercenary seaman Knuckles Greer (Richard Jaeckel). Orrrrrrr, maybe it's the mysterious Rita King (Ruth Roman), who is inexplicably given permission to come and go as she pleases by the otherwise intractable Zorek. True to form, this Republic A-picture resolves its problems with a final reel of good old B-flick action and violence. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Ruth Roman - Rita King
- Richard Jaeckel - "Knuckles" Greer
- Whit Bissell - Paul Grant
- Marvin Miller - Col. Zorek
- Paul Picerni - Mr. De Verno
- Philip Ahn - Maj. Ling Wu
- Frank Ferguson - Mr. Haljerson
- John Alvin - Mr. Warren
- Richard Loo - Junior Officer
- Edmond O'Brien - Dr. Dan Maynard
- Barry Kelley - Ricki Dolmine
- Basil Ruysdael - Rev. Hollingsworth
- Yvette Dugay - Mrs. De Verno
- Isabel Randolph - Mrs. Merryweather
- Frances Rafferty - Mrs. Warren
- James Griffith - Carl Hoyt
- Frank Puglia - Mr. Chen
- Victor Sen Yung - Sun Lee
- Director(s):
- Frank Lloyd
- Writer(s):
- Steve Fisher, Seton Miller
- Producer(s):
- Herbert J. Yates
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