Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Incident in Shanghai (1938)

A love triangle in the chaos of a war zone. While Japan batters Chinese forces in the Shanghai international settlement Dr Linden (Derek Gorst) is trying to hold his group of Western and Chinese survivors together. Complication number one is when his estranged wife Madeleine (Margaret Vyner) turns up as a nurse. Complication number two is when a British pilot Pat (Patrick Barr) fighting for the Chinese arrives on the run from the Japanese...

Dr Linden treats his wife terribly, his jealously intense. Things take a turn for the worse when Pat starts to fall for Madeleine. When Pat is seriously injured only Dr Linden can save his life but will he?

A rather short and rough film with a good ensemble, with some incredibly dated stereotypes as you can imagine. It is also padded out quite a bit including a rather odd Chinese variety show though the dialogue is pretty good.