Hui Fei — Shanghai Express Character Profile

About Hui Fei

A fellow 'coaster' traveling in first class. She is brutally assaulted by the rebel warlord Chang. In revenge and to aid the main characters, she secretly infiltrates Chang's quarters and stabs him to death, instructing Harvey to rescue Lily.

Character Facts

Played by

Anna May Wong

Appears in

Shanghai Express (1932)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Hui Fei — Social Fellow Coasters — Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich)

  Both are 'coasters' (women who live by their wits along the China coast)

• Hui Fei — Conflict Revenge — Mr. Henry Chang (Warner Oland)

  Chang rapes Hui Fei, and she later kills him in revenge

• Hui Fei — Alliance Rescue Assistance — Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey (Clive Brook)

  Hui Fei tells Harvey to rescue Lily after killing Chang

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More characters from Shanghai Express

• Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich)
• Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey (Clive Brook)
• Mr. Henry Chang (Warner Oland)
• Carey (uncredited) (Leonard Carey)
• Sam Salt (Eugene Pallette)
• Mr. Albright (uncredited) (Claude King)
• Chinese Soldier (uncredited) (George Chung)
• Chinese Officer (uncredited) (Tom Gubbins)
• Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited) (Wong Chung)
• British Officer at Shanghai (uncredited) (Jack Deery)
• A Rebel (uncredited) (James B. Leong)
• Train Engineer (uncredited) (Willie Fung)