There were many passengers of various and different backgrounds who were boarding into the first-class compartments, comprising the main principals of the film (including two ""fallen women""):Hui Fei (Anna May Wong), an Eurasian (but American-bred) prostitute, with a suspect background, who appeared to be running awayShanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich), a European lady also with a questionable reputation (a "courtesan")Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook), a stalwart British medical doctor on a mission to operate on the Governor-General of ShanghaiReverend Carmichael (Lawrence Grant), a fervent Christian missionary, judgmental and impatientMrs.After the opening prologue (the first ten minutes of the film), the film then returns to events that began four years earlier - recalling what led up to the killing of another man who had uncaringly seduced Lolita.Plot SynopsisThe film opens in Army Headquarters in India, where it was stated that the British were protecting 300 million people along India""s troubled northern boundary, notably the Bengal Lancers.Moses as the Prince of Egypt was brought to the palace court with great ceremony to be praised by the Pharaoh for his ingenious winning strategy against the Ethiopians: "We have heard how you took ibis from the Nile to destroy the venomous serpents used against you when you laid siege to the city of Saba.Before the "Terrorist Trial" held later, after Ryan had healed, Lord William Holmes presented him with knighthood: Knight Commander of the Victorian Order for his bravery.