SOUND FEATURES: THE SHANGHAI STORY (1954)
CREDITS
Released: September 1, 1954
Production Company:Republic Pictures
Featured Cast: Ruth Roman, Edmond O’Brien, Richard Jaeckel, Barry Kelley, Whit Bissell, Basil Ruysdael, Marvin Miller, Yvette Duguay, Paul Picerni, Isabel Randolph, Philip Ahn, Frances Rafferty, Frank Ferguson, James Griffith, John Alvin, Frank Puglia, Victor Sen Yung, Janine Perreau, Richard Loo, Wong Artarne, W.T. Chang, David Chow, Kei Thin Chung, Donald Curtis, Harold Fong, Gil Herman, Joseph Kim, Eddie Lee, Tommy Lee, James B. Leong, Weaver Levy, Edwin Luke, Tommy Walker, Richard Wang, Guy Way, Beal Wong, Frank Wong
Director: Frank Lloyd
Associate Producer: Frank Lloyd
Assistant Director: William Beaudine Jr.
Cinematography: Jack A. Marta
Editor: Tony Martinelli
Art Director: William Flannery
Set Decorator: Edward G. Boyle, John McCarthy Jr.
Costume Designer: Adele Palmer
Hair Stylist: Peggy Gray
Makeup Supervisor: Bob Mark
Composer: R. Dale Butts
Sound: Earl Crain Sr., Howard Wilson
Orchestrator: Ned Freeman
Special Effects: Howard Lydecker, Theodore Lydecker
Presenter: Herbert J. Yates
Writers: Lester Yard (based on a story by), Steve Fisher (screenplay), Seton I. Miller (screenplay)
STORY
Too many years in the Orient have made a bitter man of Dr. Dan Maynard (Edmond O’Brien), an American surgeon, and too little emotional stability has tarnished the Tangier-born Rita King (Ruth Roman). They meet when a night-raid by Shanghai’s police chief brings all westerners together in the Waldorf House Hotel, where they are interned under the guardianship of the coldly cruel Major Ling Wu (Philip Ahn). Only Rita is free to come and go due to her friendship with Shanghai;s new police chief, Colonal Zorek (Marvin Miller. The liberty and luxury in which she lives arouses Maynard’s contempt. But his opinion changes when she is instrumental in getting Major Wu replaced and punished, and when she arranges for a young girl, Penny Warren (Jeanne Perreau’), to be taken to a hospital for an emergency operation. But when a spy hunt reaches a bitter climax, and an internee is shot down while trying to escape, Maynard believes the tip-off came from Rita.
Written By: Les Adams
TECH
Runtime 90 minutes
Sound Mix Mono (RCA Sound System)
Color Info Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.66 : 1 (intended ratio)
Laboratory Consolidated Film Industries (CFI), Hollywood (CA), US
Negative Format 35 mm
Process Spherical
Printed Format 35 mm