On the express train from Beijing to Shanghai, the background is the period of the Chinese Civil War. Nicknamed "Shanghai Lily", she works as a Camellia woman. She meets her old lover, a British officer, on a train, which sparks some stories. The British officer she had always been obsessed with, she showed affection and teasing in every possible way, but he was full of jealousy and hatred and refused to regain his old love. When he was stopped by the warlord halfway through the inspection, in order to prevent the warlord from doing anything to her, he beat people; in order to save him, she agreed to commit himself to the warlord. On the way to Shanghai, life and love are a severe test.
Shanghai Express movie plot
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British Officer with Newspaper: I say, Harvey, you're in for a good time.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey: Why?
British Officer with Newspaper: Do you know who's on this train?
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey: No, who?
British Officer with Newspaper: Shanghai Lily.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey: Who's Shanghai Lily?
Cigarette Lighting British Officer: Don't tell me you've never heard of Shanghai Lily? Everybody in China knows her. She's a notorious coaster.
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey: What in the name of Confucius is a coaster?
British Officer with Newspaper: You're hopeless. A coaster's a woman who lives by her wits along the China coast.
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Mrs. Haggerty: Newsboy! See here, wait a bit. This magazine you sold me says August 15, 1927.
Newsboy: Latest number, madam.
Mrs. Haggerty: But I tell you it's four years old!
Newsboy: Latest number, madam.
Mrs. Haggerty: Is this 1931, or am I out of me mind?
Major Lenard: Madame, je regrette, mais je ne vous comprends pas. Je ne parle pas anglais. Parlez-vous français?
[He turns to Sam Salt]
Major Lenard: Parlez-vous français, vous?
Sam Salt: She oughta keep it for her history and get herself an education.
Major Lenard: Huh?