''Shanghai Madness'' is a 1933 American

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directed by John G. Blystone and starring Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Ralph Morgan, and

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Plot

After attacking and destroying a Chinese outpost, an American officer is dismissed from the US Navy and instead finds himself in charge of a gunboat and tries to prevent a mission being overrun by Communist insurgents.

Production

An early advertisement for the film touts a different director and a different leading lady.

Cast

* Spencer Tracy as Pat Jackson * Fay Wray as Wildeth Christie * Ralph Morgan as Li Po Chang * Eugene Pallette as Lobo Lonergass * Herbert Mundin as Larsen * Arthur Hoyt as Van Emery *

as Rigand * Maude Eburne as Mrs. Glissen

References

External links

''Shanghai Madness'' at IMDB
1933 films 1930s war drama films American adventure films Fox Film films Films set in China Seafaring films American war drama films Films produced by William Fox American black-and-white films 1933 adventure films 1933 drama films 1930s English-language films Films directed by John G. Blystone 1930s American films English-language war drama films English-language adventure films {{war-drama-film-stub