The Shanghai Drama

Overview

A Russian emigrant sings in a Shanghai nightclub under the assumed name of Kay Murphy. All she dreams of is a peaceful life with her daughter Vera. But this is only a pipe dream as she has been forced by her former lover Ivan to work for a secret criminal organization, "The Black Dragon". Vera, who studies in a Hong Kong boarding-school, knows nothing about her mother's past. When Ivan, who is also Vera's father, resurfaces and blackmails Kay, the young woman is determined to fight back...

Release Date

23 September 1938

95 minutes

Director

Main Cast

Big-Bill
Mac Tavish
Attacked customer
Captain of the girls
Governess Niania
Mrs. Blonski / singer Kay Murphy
College director