West of Shanghai

"He'll kill you on a moment's notice!"

Oct 30 1937 Passed 1h 4m
Adventure, Drama, War

American businessmen and missionaries working in China are captured and held prisoner by a local warlord.

Plot

Gordon Creed travels to a remote site in the Chinese back country in order to obtain rights to a great oil reserve owned by wildcatter Jim Hallet, who is in danger of losing the rights to foreclosure. Creed's estranged wife is a missionary at the same locale, and she is in love with Hallet. When a bandit/warlord named General Wu Yen Fang takes over the village, Creed tries to play his own wife off the general in an attempt to cheat Hallet out of his oil and to escape the clutches of the warlord.

Written by

Crane Wilbur, Porter Emerson Browne

Directed by

John Farrow

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
424
Average Rating
6 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA