Marlene Dietrich
Shanghai Lily

Clive Brook
Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey

Anna May Wong
Hui Fei

Warner Oland
Mr. Henry Chang

Eugene Pallette
Sam Salt

Lawrence Grant
Reverend Carmichael

Louise Closser Hale
Mrs. Haggerty

Gustav von Seyffertitz
Eric Baum

Émile Chautard
Major Lenard

George Blagoi
Minor Role (uncredited)

Leonard Carey
Carey (uncredited)

Wong Chung
Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited)

Herbert Evans
British Railway Officer (uncredited)

Willie Fung
Train Engineer (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey
Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited)

Claude King
Mr. Albright (uncredited)

James B. Leong
A Rebel (uncredited)

Miki Morita
Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Victor Wong
Chinese Officer (uncredited)