It became Dietrich""s biggest US box-office hit, taking in a record amount of $3.7 million for Paramount.It was remade asNight Plane from Chungking (1943)and asPeking Express (1951).Plot SynopsisIn the opening scene, a ""Shanghai Express"" train was being boarded and loaded with baggage at the bustling Peking Railroad Station.It was also the first film to feature the killer "Jason" in his signature plastic, grimy hockey mask (a Detroit Red Wings goalie mask) - previously in the second film, he covered his face with a one-eyed pillow-case.[The Bannister""s yacht, namedCircein the film, was a boat namedZacathat was owned by skipper Errol Flynn - the famed actor appears in the background of a scene outside a Mexican cantina.Vivian: People don""t talk to me like that.Marlowe: Ohhh.Vivian: Do you always think you can handle people like, uh, trained seals?Marlowe: Uh, huh.I usually get away with it, too.Vivian: How nice for you.Marlowe: Just what is it you""re afraid of?Vivian: Dad didn""t want to see about Sean at all, did he?Marlowe: Didn""t he?Vivian: Would you find him if Dad wanted you to?Marlowe: Maybe.