[gong chimes]
[chimes]
[train whistle blows]
[people chattering]
[train engine chugging]
[man speaking Chinese]
- The Shanghai Express ain't gone yet, has it? - No, madam.
I want a ticket to Shanghai. First class, please.
$35.25 cents Mex, madam.
- There's a dining car this time? - Yes, madam.
- Everything but a Turkish bath. - [man clears throat]
Hmph!
Shanghai. First class, please.
[train whistle blows]
What have you got in that basket, missus?
Just a little snack of lunch me niece put up for me.
- Ain't got any animals in there? - I hope not.
[horn honks]
- [honking] - [man shouts]
[man shouting]
Good morning, sir.
Porter! Come in here!
Excuse me, sir.
Yes, sir?
I won't share a compartment with this woman.
- I'll change it tonight, sir. - You'll change me now.
I haven't lived for ten years in this country not to know a woman like that when I see one.
Get me another compartment. Take my luggage out of here.
- Here you are, Harvey. - Oh, thanks so much.
- I say, Harvey, you're in for a good time. - Why?
- Do you know who's on this train? - No, who?
- Shanghai Lily. - Who's Shanghai Lily?
Don't tell me you've never heard of Shanghai Lily?
Everybody in China knows her. She's a notorious coaster.
What in the name of Confucius is a coaster?
You're hopeless.
A coaster's a woman who lives by her wits along the China coast.
Newsboy!
See here. Wait a bit.
This magazine you sold me says August 15, 1927.
- Latest number, madam. - But I tell you it's four years old.
Latest number, madam.
Is this 1931, or am I out of me mind?
Madame, je regrette maisje ne vous comprends pas.
Je ne parle pas anglais.
Parlez-vous français?
Parlez-vous français, vous?
She oughta keep it for her history and get herself an education.
- Huh? - Here we are, boy.
I suppose you'll be as glad to be at home as I will.
We know what year it is, don't we?
Now you just be a good boy and don't make any noise,
or they'll put you in the baggage car.
[train bell clanging]
[soldier] Hup!
[shouts command]
[clanging continues]
There you are, me lad.
All clear till we meet Number 2 outside Tientsin.
I'll have the law on you if you harm a bone in his head!
- He's got to have his biscuits twice a day. - [conductor] All aboard!
And nothing but boiled water.
[horn blowing]
Don't worry, Waffles! I'll look after you!
- [conductor] All aboard! - [man] All aboard!
All aboard.
[bell clanging]
[train whistle blowing]
[bell clanging]
Well, we're off on time.
Say, partner, do you ever make a little bet?
My name's Sam Salt.
I bet on everything under the sun going right or wrong.
I'll lay you odds that this ol' rattler don't get into Shanghai on time.
Sir, let me remind you that China is in a state of civil war,
and we will be fortunate if we arrive in Shanghai at all.
Nice stone you have there.
There's the mate to it.
Very pretty.
[speaking French]
Yes, it is a little stuffy in here, isn't it?
Sir, I'm an invalid.
It's very dangerous for me to travel in a compartment where the windows are open.
We're going to be in here for three days, you know?
Is there anything I can do for you?
I can take care of myself, thank you.
Well, I think I'll get a little air,
if you don't mind.
I'll close the door for you too.
[train whistle blowing]
[whistle blowing]
[train bell clanging]
[speaking Chinese]
[whistle blowing]
[speaking Chinese]
[bell clanging]
Even money we don't get away for an hour.
Can you tell me what's wrong now?
You're in China now, sir,
where time and life have no value.
I know I'm in China.
[shouting in Chinese]
Madeline.
Well, Doctor,
I haven't seen you in a long time.
You haven't changed at all, Doctor.
Well, you've changed a lot, Madeline.
Have I, Doc?
Do you mind me calling you "Doc,"
or must I be more respectful?
Ah, you never were respectful, and you always did call me "Doc."
I didn't think I'd ever run into you again.
Have you thought of me much, Doc?
Let's see. Exactly how long has it been?
Five years and four weeks.
Well, for five years and four weeks, I've thought of nothing else.
You were always polite, Doc.
You haven't changed a bit.
You have, Madeline.
You've changed a lot.
Have I lost my looks?
No. You're more beautiful than ever.
- How have I changed? - I don't know. I wish I could describe it.
Well, Doc, I've changed my name.
- Married? - No.
It took more than one man to change my name to Shanghai Lily.
So you're Shanghai Lily.
The notorious white flower of China.
You heard of me,
and you always believed what you heard.
And I still do.
You see? I haven't changed at all.
[shouting in Chinese]
[whistle blows]
[steam hissing]
[whistle blowing]
Well, it was nice to see you again, Madeline.
Oh, I don't know.
[band: hot jazz]
[music continues]
I heard your gramophone, ladies,
and thought I'd come in and get acquainted, if you don't mind.
Not at all. Come in.
It's a bit lonely on the train, isn't it?
I'm used to having people around.
They put my dog in the baggage car.
That's why I dropped in on you.
I've been visiting my niece in Peking. She married a seafaring man.
He hasn't been home in four years, and she ain't been very cheerful.
I have a boardinghouse in Shanghai.
Yorkshire pudding is my specialty,
and I only take the most respectable people.
Don't you find respectable people terribly... dull?
You're joking, aren't you? I only know the most respectable people.
You see, I keep a boardinghouse.
What kind of a house did you say?
- A boardinghouse. - Oh.
I'm sure you're very respectable, madam.
I must confess I don't quite know the standard of respectability
that you demand in your boardinghouse, Mrs. Haggerty.
I've made a terrible mistake.
I'd better look after me dog.
- I beg your pardon. - I beg yours.
It's a shame allowing such women on a first-class train.
What's the matter with them, parson?
I imagine the Honorable Divine objects to their morals.
Why, I thought they were pretty good-looking. At least Shanghai Lily is.
Do you mean to say that Shanghai Lily is on this train?
- Hot water, sir. - It's about time.
Well, being a married man, I only knew her by sight and reputation.
But I'll lay you 100-to-1 in any currency you've got
that the lady in the next compartment is Shanghai Lily.
- Shanghai Lily. - Is it a bet?
I told you once before, sir...
- Hot towel, please? - No, thank you.
I don't bet.
Well, I'll bet you a Mexican dollar, or whatever you use for money,
that those two dames next door are not going to have an easy time on this train.
- Good evening. - Good evening.
- I suppose we shall be in Tientsin soon. - About 11:00 tonight.
- Getting off there? - I wish I were.
But, unfortunately, I have to proceed to Shanghai.
Why "unfortunately"?
Well, sir, I suppose every train carries its cargo of sin,
but this train is burdened with more than its share!
Sir, you seem distressed.
My name's Carmichael! Doctor of Divinity in the service of mankind.
And whom have I the honor of addressing?
Well, sir, my name is Donald Harvey,
Doctor of Medicine in the service of His Majesty.
It's charming to make your acquaintance, sir.
Dr. Harvey, I want to put you on your guard.
On my guard? Why, what's wrong?
One of them is yellow and the other one is white,
but both their souls are rotten.
You interest me, Mr. Carmichael.
I'm not exactly irreligious, but... being a physician,
I sometimes wonder how a man like you can locate a soul,
and, having located it, diagnose its condition as rotten.
That's heathen talk, Doctor. You're a materialist, sir.
Any man with half an eye should be able to see
that those two women are riding this train in search of victims.
A very grave charge, Mr. Carmichael.
I don't know anything about the Chinese woman, but as for the other lady...
Why, confound it, sir. That's Shanghai Lily.
For the last fortnight, I've been attending a man who went out of his mind
after spending every penny on her.
And that's not all I know.
She's wrecked a dozen men up and down the China coast.
Look here, sir. You're mistaken. She's a friend of mine.
Well, sir, if I were in your boots, I wouldn't brag about it.
[gong chimes]
Dinner is served. [speaks Chinese]
[gong chimes]
Well, I'm ready.
I was hoping that you would take us in to dinner.
You seem upset, Doctor.
Oh, no, not at all.
This is Captain Harvey.
Miss Hui Fei.
- I'm glad to meet you, Captain Harvey. - It's a great pleasure.
- Good evening, folks. - Good evening.
It's time to put on the nosebag.
I'll wait for you in the diner.
- Bon appétit, mademoiselle. - Mercibeaucoup, monsieur.
- Bon appétit, monsieur. - Thank you, Major.
- Et bonsoir. - Bonsoir.
- Good evening, Major.
You're very cruel, Doc.
I reserve the privilege of choosing my friends.
She's no friend of mine. I was only trying to be decent.
- Oh, professional courtesy? - Call it what you like.
- New, isn't it? - Yes.
- Bravery? - Oh, of sorts.
That's new too, isn't it?
- Yes. - It's very becoming.
Merci, monsieur.
[speaking French]
[speaks Chinese] Over here, madam.
- Désirez-vous vous asseoirici, madame? - Merci, monsieur. Merci.
Hold on, Major. Don't let those sardines get away from you.
[speaking French]
Pardon me, please.
Oh, I'm sorry.
- [speaks Chinese] - Good evening.
- Aren't you coming in to dinner, Captain? - Yes, of course.
After you, sir.
[speaking Chinese]
Shut off those fans. I'm an invalid.
[speaks Chinese]
If those fans are shut off, the rest of us will be invalids before the journey's over.
- [Chang] Can we sit here? - Je vous en prie, monsieur.
- [Harvey] Sit down, Major. - [Chang] Thank you.
Merci, monsieur.
- [speaks Chinese] - Thank you.
[train bell clanging]
[shouting in Chinese]
What did he say?
He said we should get our passports and go out on the platform.
Passports? What do they want our passports for?
They are government troops. They want us all outside.
[shouting in Chinese]
I won't get off. We'll all be killed.
The conductor promised me there wouldn't be any trouble,
or I wouldn't have brought Waffles along.
Now, ma'am, don't get me excited.
I'm trying to figure the odds of any of us getting out of this alive.
It's an outrage. I'm going to finish my dinner.
Mr. Carmichael, if you ask me,
I think you should consider your dinner relatively unimportant.
[major speaking French]
I shall complain to my consul. They can't do this to me.
I shouldn't get off. The night air is very bad for me.
Don't be silly, Mr. Baum.
We're in the midst of a civil war... spy scares and firing squads.
But I'm a German citizen. I have nothing to fear.
[speaking German]
- [soldiers shouting] - [passengers chattering, muttering]
I'm gonna douse this headlight.
They're after somebody, and I'm glad they got nothin' on me.
[speaking French]
I don't know what you're sayin', brother,
but don't say it again.
[soldiers shouting]
There you are, my boy.
[speaking Chinese]
[Chinese]
[both speaking Chinese]
[speaks Chinese]
[blows whistle]
[speaking Chinese]
[conductor] All aboard!
That's a lot of fuss to make about one man. I wonder why they arrested him.
Probably a revolutionary spy trying to get back to his own lines.
[train whistle blows]
[crowd chattering]
[train bell clanging]
[Morse code tapping]
[tapping continues]
[speaking Chinese]
What do you want?
It's a long journey and a lonely one.
[speaking Chinese]
[shouting in Chinese]
Your compartment's made up, sir.
Très bien, mongarçon.
Bonne nuit, monsieur, et dormez bien.
Someday, that sardine inspector's gonna go too far.
[Baum mutters]
Pardon me.
Pardon me!
[muttering in German]
What did he say to you?
Something he'll probably have occasion to regret.
I can't make head or tail out of you, Mr. Chang.
Are you Chinese or are you white, or what are ya?
My mother was Chinese. My father was white.
You look more like a white man to me.
- I'm not proud of my white blood. - Oh, you're not, are ya?
No, I'm not.
- Rather be a Chinaman, huh? - Yes.
What future is there being a Chinaman?
You're born, eat your way through a handful of rice, and you die.
What a country! Let's have a drink.
Do you want to be alone, Doctor?
No, it's quite all right. I was just going to turn in anyway.
Don't let me detain you.
I thought it was quite early.
- What time is it? - 9:30.
You still have the watch I gave you, Donald.
I was afraid you'd notice it.
- I had long hair then. - I remember quite well.
Do you expect to stay in Shanghai a while?
I think so.
Then we ought to see a lot of each other.
Perhaps.
What have you been doing, Donald, since I saw you last?
Nothing much. Mostly service routine.
Couple of years in India after our smashup.
Then I went back to England for a while.
Then I was assigned to a scientific expedition in Manchuria.
Sounds as if you had been rather lonesome, Doc.
I can't say I was very lonesome.
It was an active life, full of interest and excitement.
I suppose you mean women.
It was difficult to find someone to take your place.
Did you try very hard?
Not particularly.
I didn't want to be hurt again.
Always a bit selfish, Doc,
thinking of your own hurt.
I can't accept your reproach. I was the only one hurt.
You left me without a word
purely because I indulged in a woman's trick to make you
jealous.
I wanted to be certain that you loved me.
Instead, I lost you.
I suffered quite a bit, and I probably deserved it.
I was a fool to let you go out of my life.
- [whistling] - [bell clanging]
I wish you could tell me there'd been no other men.
I wish I could, Doc,
but five years in China is a long time.
I wish I had 'em back.
What would you have done with them?
There's a scheme of things.
Sooner or later, we would've parted anyway.
- And we might never have met again. - We wouldn't have parted, Madeline.
We'd have gone back to England, married and been very happy.
There are a lot of things I wouldn't have done if I had those five years to live over again.
There's only one thing I wouldn't have done, Doc.
What, for instance?
I wouldn't have bobbed my hair.
Good night, Donald.
[speaking Chinese]
- From one of your lovers? - No.
I wish I could believe you.
- Don't you? - No.
Will you never learn to believe without proof?
I believe you, Madeline.
When I needed your faith, you withheld it.
And now when I don't need it and don't deserve it,
you give it to me.
- [bell clanging] - [train approaching]
[machine gun fire continues]
Waffles? Waffles?
Waffles. Waffles.
Waffles? Waffles.
[imitating barking]
[machine gun fire continues]
[conductor speaking Chinese]
Everybody is to get dressed.
You are to be taken from the train at the station.
Please leave all your luggage behind.
[soldier shouting in Chinese]
[conductor] This way, please.
[soldier continues in Chinese]
- [conductor] This way, please. - Quite a reception, eh?
[muttering] Yeah.
[chattering]
[machine gun firing]
[speaking Chinese]
- [speaking Chinese] - Me?
Yes. Follow me upstairs.
Everybody told me there wasn't the slightest danger.
- I made a point of asking. - [speaks Chinese]
Looks like the finish.
I'll give anybody 10-to-1 we don't get outta here alive.
Well, you're wrong. They're rebel troops, but they won't dare to harm us.
Say, where's Mr. Chang?
[speaking French]
I wouldn't be a bit surprised if he had something to do with all this.
There must be something pretty serious behind it,
or they wouldn't have had the nerve to stop this train.
There's nothing behind it but downright robbery.
They think they're gonna hold us for ransom.
They won't get one penny out of me.
Mr. Sam Salt. [speaks Chinese]
It's Mr. Chang... all dressed up in a soldier's uniform.
I know what he wants me for.
And I told him a Chinaman had no future.
Do you mean to say it's Mr. Chang who's responsible for this outrage?
Indeed he is, the scoundrel.
Imagine his impudence, asking me if I had any wealthy or influential friends.
I told you so. I knew they were holding us for ransom.
I thought his face seemed familiar.
The government has offered a price of 20,000 for his capture, alive or dead.
It will be a great day for China when that price is paid.
Mr. Eric Baum. [speaks Chinese]
He's the head man, all right.
It's bad for my heart to climb these stairs up.
[muttering in German]
I'm an invalid.
Did he get the jewels, Mr. Salt?
Oh, what a shame.
Then he didn't take them after all.
- He got the phony ones. - Phony?
These are phony too.
The real ones are in the safe in Shanghai.
I suppose they're imitation also.
You don't want to make a bet on that, do you, lady?
- I never bet with gamblers. - I didn't think you did.
What is your business, Mr. Baum?
I have a coal mine near Calcutta, a bankrupt coal mine.
You have no coal mine.
According to papers found in your luggage, you deal in opium
and have shipped 12,000 pounds of it into China in the last year.
Oh, you are wrong.
I deal only in coal.
I don't traffic in forbidden merchandise.
Do you know that a Chinaman dealing in opium is penalized by death?
You can't shoot me.
I'm willing to pay a fine. I can explain everything.
- [speaks Chinese] - Here. Here. Here!
[metal scrapes]
I am not punishing you for dealing in opium,
but for your insolence to me on the train.
What's the matter with him? Has he fainted?
- They've branded him. - Branded him?
- Oh, horror! - The fiend!
[speaking Chinese]
- I'll get some oil from the train. - I'll come with you. I need my bag.
I should never have made this journey.
Major Lenard? [speaks Chinese]
[speaking French]
Is there anyone there who understands French?
Yes, I do.
Will you come up here with him, please?
- [speaking French] - Mais oui.
[speaking Chinese]
You took the very words out of my mouth, brother.
[speaks Chinese]
[officer speaking Chinese]
Let me see your passports. Sit down.
How long have you been in the French army?
[speaking French] Twenty years.
Twenty years, mademoiselle.
Your passport says nothing about your military rank.
Je ne comprends pas.
[speaking French]
Then why does he wear that uniform?
[speaking French]
He's going to visit his sister,
and he doesn't want her to know about his disgrace.
- You may go. - Merci, monsieur.
- Merci, mademoiselle. - Mercide quoi?
[speaks Chinese]
Have you any wealthy or influential friends?
No. I have no friends at all.
Why are you going to Shanghai?
I want to buy a new hat.
I warn you, this is a very serious matter.
- Where are you going to live in Shanghai? - Grand Hotel.
How can you afford to live at such an expensive hotel?
- How long were you in Peiping? - Eight weeks.
- And before that? - In Shanghai.
- How long were you there? - Just between trains.
I make the trip quite often.
How long have you been in China?
Oh, about eight years.
Parents living?
They have forgotten me. It's just as well.
- Of course, you're not married? - No.
All I managed was to become engaged.
Will you please come with me?
Captain Harvey. [speaking Chinese]
You're not going to go upstairs, are you, Doctor?
I most certainly am.
Captain Harvey, I want you to tell him that the whole world will be informed of this outrage.
Mr. Carmichael, I shall do my very best to convey that to him.
Captain Harvey, may I see your passport?
Just exactly who are you?
I'm a British officer, and I demand to know
by what right you're treating us in this outrageous manner.
I'm the commander in chief of the revolution.
The prisoner who was removed from the Shanghai Express last night
was my right hand, an important officer in my army.
Your army. Well, you're nothing but a collection of unprincipled bandits.
The Chinese government will wipe you out in a fortnight.
Perhaps you would like to aid the government in collecting the price put on my head.
Suppose you first tell me just exactly what you're up to.
I'm looking for a hostage to force the government to return my officer.
Now, will you kindly let me see your passport?
Captain Harvey, why are you going to Shanghai?
I've been ordered to perform an operation immediately upon my arrival.
Who are you going to operate on?
I'm not at liberty to reveal that information.
What is the matter with His Excellency, the governor-general of Shanghai?
As you doubtlessly also can read from the paper you pilfered from my bag,
hemiplegia, a medical term known to the layman
as paralysis resulting from a blood clot in the brain.
Well, Captain Harvey, it seems I've been fortunate to find a hostage
important enough to ensure the return of my officer.
Surely you will have no objection if I wire the British embassy?
What if my importance is deemed insufficient
to force the Chinese government to make this exchange?
That emergency would be unfortunate for you all.
I can't hold this village over 12 hours.
Of course, Captain Harvey, I hope you won't be too angry with me
if I ensure the safety of your honorable person.
Not at all.
[speaking Chinese]
[shouting in Chinese]
What did he say?
He said we are to go back to the train and stay there.
The big bully!
[tapping Morse code on telegraph]
[orchestra playing waltz]
Yes?
Repeat that again, please.
Yes.
- The Shanghai Express is being held up. - Shanghai Express?
They're holding Captain Harvey as hostage.
Harvey the surgeon? What do they want, money?
I wish it were as simple as that. You must excuse me.
I must get through to the Chinese government at once.
[telegraph tapping]
I hope you've been comfortable.
What do you intend to do with us?
[speaking Chinese]
[arguing in Chinese]
I took the liberty of presuming that you'd join me for tea.
I hope you don't mind if I prefer to go back to the train.
About two days' journey from here into the interior,
I have a palace waiting to be graced by your presence.
Could I persuade you to accept my hospitality
until such time as you should grow weary of me?
I'm weary of you now.
I had no reason to believe my invitation would give offense to Shanghai Lily.
Shanghai Lily has reformed.
You don't mean to say that the eloquence of Dr. Carmichael has worked this miracle?
Or is Captain Harvey to be credited with this extraordinary change?
Maybe.
Come. Don't be a fool. I'll make it worth your while.
Don't touch me.
Captain Harvey, if I were you, I'd mind my own business.
Exactly what I intend to do.
You are very fortunate in having Captain Harvey for a protector,
as I've promised to return him alive.
You shouldn't have done that, Donald. I could have taken care of myself.
Yes, I know, but it was coming to him. I wish I'd had my gun.
You shouldn't have been so hasty.
[shouting in Chinese]
- [speaking Chinese] - Leave that woman alone!
[both speaking Chinese]
[shouts in Chinese]
[shouting in Chinese]
Let me go!
[wind blowing]
Can't you do something about this?
All I can do is to suggest that you get down on your knees and pray.
I think you are right, if God is still on speaking terms with me.
God remains on speaking terms with everybody.
[train bell clanging]
[train engine chugging]
[train whistle blowing]
[bell clanging]
[whistle blowing]
Well, there he is... the gent that caused all the trouble, still in his black nightshirt.
[speaking Chinese]
[whistle blows]
[all speaking Chinese]
[speaking Chinese]
Good morning. Well, here we are.
You certainly are a sight for sore eyes, sir. When are we leaving?
- Is Captain Harvey on board? - He is not.
He's still up visiting with Mr. Chang.
Well, I guess I'll just take a look and see what's keeping him.
I have orders not to proceed without him.
There's a man after my own heart.
- What did he say? - I guess we'll have to cool our heels.
They won't let me go upstairs to find out.
[speaks Chinese]
[speaking Chinese]
Don't do anything foolish.
- When are we leaving? - I wish I knew.
I suppose as soon as Captain Harvey comes down.
If he's up there, he may never come down.
Why are you still holding Captain Harvey? The train is waiting for him.
Is that your only interest in the matter?
What difference would it make whether I said yes or no?
Why do you try to conceal that you are madly in love with him?
I'm not trying to conceal anything.
He means everything in the world to me. I love him.
Since you want to know, I love him madly.
Your affections are aroused rather swiftly.
- You just met the man. - That's not true.
I've known him for years.
Well, you'll have a chance to prove your love for him.
You're not going to punish him for trying to help me last night?
I certainly am.
He knew what he was doing, and I know what I'm going to do.
Any man would have come to my defense. You can't hold that against him.
I'm not concerned with your ideas ofjustice.
I live by my own code.
What do you intend to do with him? You don't dare harm him.
- You promised to return him. - I didn't say in what condition.
If you wait here a few minutes, you can lead him back to the train, blind.
You're insane. He's a British officer.
The Chinese government will have your head for it.
The Chinese government would have had my head long ago
if it hadn't been such a good head.
You can't mean what you are saying. You only wish to frighten me.
Please don't torture me like this. I know it was wrong for him to interfere.
Send someone with me to Shanghai, someone you can trust.
- I'll pay you to let him go now. - What could you pay me with?
I have some jewels worth 40,000 or 50,000, and I guess I can obtain that much more.
That's not enough.
I'll get more.
I'll earn more, somehow.
It'll be enough. Please let him go.
All the money in the world can't wipe out his insult to me.
[gunshot]
You only had my interest before. Now you have my admiration.
I could love a woman like you.
You made me an offer to leave with you. Does it still hold good?
I wouldn't trust you from here to the door. What assurance have I you won't trick me?
I give you my word of honor.
A man is a fool to trust any woman,
but I believe a word of honor would mean something to you.
Captain Harvey, it seems that they are waiting for you.
I hope the journey won't be too lonely
and that the governor-general of Shanghai will be benefited by your skill.
Thank you, Mr. Chang.
I hope someday to have the pleasure of demonstrating my skill upon you.
[clanging]
[clanging continues]
Captain Harvey? My name's Albright, division superintendent.
I've orders to move the train at your convenience.
We'll have steam up in five minutes.
All right, Mr. Albright. Is everybody on board?
Everybody except a Chinese girl and a woman called Shanghai Lily hereabouts.
Where are they?
I don't know where the Chinese girl is, but Shanghai Lily is somewhere up there.
- When did she go up? - Oh, just a few minutes ago.
- I expect she'll be down presently. - [shouting in Chinese]
- [clanging continues] - [speaking Chinese]
[shouting in Chinese]
- I guess he wants us to go in the train. - Well, why doesn't he say so?
Whose luggage are you unloading?
Miss Lily's bags. Officer's orders, sir.
Officer's orders, eh?
I'm going up to find out about this. Get the train ready to leave.
- Oh, dear, we'll never get out of here alive. - Oh, I don't know.
It just looks like Shanghai Lily was taking a little side trip.
[speaks Chinese]
Why did you order the luggage of one of our passengers off the train?
You're not referring to the lady known as Shanghai Lily?
I am. Where is she? Why are you detaining her?
I am not detaining her.
She's decided to come with me
in preference to continuing the journey with you, Captain Harvey.
That's a preposterous statement. You're lying, Mr. Chang.
Well, I'm sorry to contradict you. [speaks Chinese]
Your friend seems inclined to doubt me.
Tell him you're going with me of your own free will
so that he can peacefully take his departure before I become too annoyed with him.
You better go, Donald. I decided to accept his offer.
Well, I wish you both a very pleasant journey.
[speaks Chinese]
Well, that's that.
I'll only be another minute.
[clanging continues]
Wake 'em up a bit.
[whistle blowing]
We're ready to go, sir. Steam's up.
- Are we going to wait for those two women? - [speaking Chinese]
- Yes, I think we are ready to go. - All aboard.
- [conductor] All aboard! - [man] All aboard!
You better get her out of there. I've just killed Chang.
Have you got a gun?
If there's gonna be any shooting, I'm gonna get under cover.
- Madeline. - Donald!
- Come on. The train's waiting. - Please go, Donald. Why don't you go?
Go on, I tell you. Your friend Chang is dead.
[shouts in Chinese]
Come on.
- Get this train out of here double time! - Put that luggage on board.
[train whistle blows]
- [whistle blows] - [bell clanging]
Thank you, Donald.
I'd have done it for anybody.
Boy! How about straightening up this stable?
[speaking Chinese]
I didn't believe I'd ever see this train again.
Two days more.
What time is it anyway?
I don't know. I'll find out for you if you wish.
Where's your watch?
I had it before I went into the station.
I probably lost it there, together with a few ideals.
I don't think I'll go back for it. After all, it's only a watch.
I can't replace your ideals,
but I'll buy you another watch when we get to Shanghai.
Don't bother. I'm rather glad I lost it.
I don't know if I ought to be grateful to you or not.
It's of no consequence. I didn't do it for you.
Death canceled his debt to me.
[band: hot jazz]
[music continues, muffled]
There. That'll keep you for a while.
- Bonsoir, madame. Bonsoir, monsieur. - Good evening.
[speaking French]
I'll be glad when I get to Shanghai.
So will I.
How's the invalid coming along, Doctor?
He'll be all right in a few weeks, poor fellow.
That's more than I can say for myself.
I bet if you opened me up right now, you'd find my nerves tangled up
like a mess of Chinese noodles.
I guess this journey hasn't done any of us any good.
[Salt] All except that Chinese dame.
She's 20,000 to the good for settling the hash of the honorable Mr. Chang.
I wish I'd taken a crack at him first.
- How about you, Major? - [speaking French]
I'm telling you, it's a lucky thing for him that you're here.
I won't feel right till I get back to my boardinghouse.
- Good evening. - Bonsoir, monsieur.
[Salt] Good evening.
I've never been so shocked in my life.
I suppose the Chinese girl deserves all she's getting, but as for the other lady...
Well, I'm not going to say anything.
Of all the brazen creatures, playing the gramophone.
Why, she's the most terrible woman I've ever met.
I don't see how she can look any of us in the eye.
Going off with the late Mr. Chang after the way he treated us.
Bad enough she tried it before he held up the train,
but after the way he tortured poor Mr. Baum...
Look here, Mrs. Haggerty, I think you're doing the woman an injustice.
I don't know what caused her to behave that way,
but I'm sure there's a whole lot more behind this than appears on the surface.
Mr. Carmichael, when I had the pleasure of making your acquaintance yesterday,
you volunteered an amazingly correct diagnosis of Shanghai Lily,
and I see no reason for you to have changed it.
Look here, Captain Harvey, I happen to know she prayed all night for your safety.
I'd give anything in the world to believe the way you do,
but I heard from her own lips she was leaving with Chang.
- That's rubbish! - I wish it were.
Defending that dame.
I'm pretty liberal-minded on the subject of betting,
but I wouldn't back his viewpoint for all the rice in China.
Neither would I.
[jazz ballad playing]
I'd like to talk to you alone.
I don't wish to talk to anybody.
I'm sorry to have to insist, but I must talk to you.
If you're thinking of reforming me, you might as well save yourself the trouble.
I'm not trying to reform you. I'm not trying to reform anybody right now.
All I want is to settle something that's been puzzling me all day.
Why did you decide to leave with that barbarian who was killed by her this morning?
What makes you want to know? Curiosity?
You prayed last night, probably for the first time in years.
This morning, you were to shamelessly leave with Chang. There's something wrong there.
You can't tell me that a human being can do two things like that within six hours.
Although it's nobody's affair but mine,
I might tell you if you promise not to repeat it.
Of course I won't repeat it. I came in here to find out for myself.
I'm not interested in the others.
He was going to deprive Captain Harvey of his eyesight.
I had no other choice.
Does Captain Harvey know that?
- Does he act as if he did? - He certainly does not.
Despite the fact that I gave you my word not to tell anyone, I'm going to tell him this.
You're not going to do anything of the kind.
Mr. Carmichael, it may seem odd for me to use your language,
but it's purely a question of faith.
You see, once upon a time we loved each other.
We parted, and I threw my life away
because I didn't care to bargain for love with words.
I haven't changed since then, and neither has he.
You're still in love with him, aren't you?
Yes.
Is he still in love with you?
I doubt it.
You're right. Love without faith, like religion without faith,
doesn't amount to very much.
- I don't suppose I can help you. - No.
Well, sir, did you find out what kind of a woman she is?
I found out enough to realize that she's worth a dozen of you!
I have no exaggerated idea of my own value,
but just exactly what did she say to make you so emphatic on that point?
She made me promise not to tell anyone, particularly not to tell you,
but there's no restriction to my saying that you're a profound fool.
Be that as it may,
you evidently place a great deal of faith in what Shanghai Lily says.
I know you men of science regard me and my kind as meddlesome fanatics,
but I'd rather have one grain of my faith than all your scientific disbelief.
[door slides open, closes]
[train whistle blowing]
[coughing]
You haven't a cigarette, have you, Doc?
[train whistle blows]
You appear to be nervous. Sleep would do you more good.
What makes you think I'm nervous?
For one thing, your hands are trembling.
That's because you touched me, Doc.
I've been wanting to talk to you, Madeline.
Mr. Carmichael tells me you prayed for me last night.
I can't quite reconcile that with what followed.
If you did pray for me, which I doubt...
do you mind telling me why?
I would have done that for anybody, Doc.
Good night.
[train whistle blows]
[whistle blowing]
- [train engine chugging] - [bell clanging]
[newspaper vendors shouting]
[shouting continues]
Good old Shanghai. Never thought I'd see you again.
[speaking French]
- Did you kill him with a knife? - How do you spell your name? H-U-I F-E-I?
Is your home in Peking, or is it Shanghai?
- You killed him with a knife, didn't you? - [speaking Chinese]
- [chattering] - Just one more!
- Welcome to Shanghai, Mr. Carmichael. - Oh, thank you very much.
Good morning. How are you? So very kind of you to come down here to meet me.
- Au revoir, monsieur. - Good-bye.
- Madame Roboud, monsieur. - How do you do?
Au revoir.
- Au revoir, madame. - [Salt] Good-bye, parson.
- Madame Roboud, madame. - Pleased to meet you. Good-bye.
I'm right outside. Good-bye, Mrs. Haggerty. Glad to have made your acquaintance.
Likewise, Mr. Salt. Good-bye.
- [Carmichael] Good-bye, Mrs. Haggerty. - Good-bye.
Good-bye. I've got another one here.
- Good-bye, Captain Harvey. - Mr. Salt.
I owe you my life, and I'm not the man to forget it.
Although between you and me, it isn't worth much.
- This is yours, isn't it? - Yes, that's right.
- I'll put it in the car. You won't be long? - I'll come right away.
We'd have all been in a pretty pickle
if you hadn't have been the best sawbones in all of China.
- Hello, Harvey. - Hello, Clark. How are you?
- We thought you'd never turn up. - I always turn up like the proverbial bad penny.
I hope you pull the governor-general through.
If you ever want to lay a bet on any of those gee-gees in the Shanghai Sweepstakes...
Good-bye. It's nice to have the journey over, isn't it?
- Good-bye, Mr. Carmichael. - Good luck.
Come along, Cary.
- Au revoir, mademoiselle. - Au revoir, Major.
Madame Roboud, my sister.
- Enchantée, mademoiselle. - Mademoiselle a été très bonne pourmoi.
Merci, mademoiselle. Merci.
Oh il exagère, je n'aipas faitgrand-chose.
- Au revoir, mademoiselle. - Au revoir.
All set, Harvey.
All right. I'll be along in a minute. I've got to attend to something.
Righto. We'll wait.
Take the coat, will you?
Forgive me for following you a moment ago, Madeline.
I was afraid of losing you.
I was only buying you another watch.
What good is a watch without you?
I wish I could replace everything else too.
Good-bye, Donald.
I'm not gonna let you out of my life again, Madeline.
Everything else has become so unimportant.
I don't care whether you were going to leave with another man or not,
nor do I want to know the reason.
What I want is another chance for a new start.
I'll be different. You'll never have any cause for regret.
Please forgive me for my lack of faith.
Please do.
I know I've no right to ask you even to listen to me.
It's very easy to listen to you, Donald.
You know I love you. I always have and I always will.
I don't deserve that.
I know I behaved badly.
Perhaps it was my fault. I should have told you everything.
There's only one thing I want you to tell me, Madeline.
What's that?
How in the name of Confucius can I kiss you with all these people around?
But, Donald, there's no one here but you and I.
Besides, many lovers come to railroad stations to kiss without attracting attention.