"Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!"
Clark Gable
as Cpt Alan Gaskell
Jean Harlow
as Dolly 'China Doll' Portland
Wallace Beery
as Jamesy MacArdle
Lewis Stone
as Tom Davids
Rosalind Russell
as Sybil Barclay
Dudley Digges
as Dawson
C. Aubrey Smith
as Sir Guy Wilmerding
Robert Benchley
as Charlie McCaleb
William Henry
as Rockwell
Liev De Maigret
as Mrs. Vollberg
Lilian Bond
as Mrs. Timmons
Edward Brophy
as Wilbur Timmons
Soo Yong
as Yu-Lan
Carol Ann Beery
as Carol Ann
Akim Tamiroff
as Paul Romanoff
Ivan Lebedeff
as Ngah
Emily Fitzroy
as Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
Hattie McDaniel
as Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
Malcolm McGregor
as Atkins (uncredited)
Donald Meek
as Chess Player (uncredited)
Willie Fung
as Cabin Boy Ah Sing (uncredited)
Daisy Belmore
as Martha, Sybil's Maid (uncredited)
Barlowe Borland
as Willett, Royal Canada Bank (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Fred Farrell
Pat Flaherty
as Second Officer Kingston (uncredited)
Chester Gan
as Rickshaw Boy (uncredited)
Tom Gubbins
as Ship's Officer / Sergeant of the Guards (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
as Ship's Engineer (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Forrester Harvey
as Chief Steward Ted Gary (uncredited)
John Ince
as Ship's Pilot (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
as Bertie the Purser (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai
as Malay Pirate (uncredited)
Eddie Lee
as Sailor on Bridge (uncredited)
Richard Loo
as Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)
Ferdinand Munier
as Police Superintendent (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts
as Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
James Wang
as Trapshooting Attendant (uncredited)
Bobby Watson
as Man on Dock with McCaleb (uncredited)
Jules Furthman
Screenplay
Tay Garnett
Director
Crosbie Garstin
Novel
James Kevin McGuinness
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Albert Lewin
Associate Producer
Joe Cohn
Production Manager
Frank Messenger
Unit Manager
Adrian
Costume Design
Douglas Shearer
Sound
Irving Thalberg
Executive Producer
Ray June
Director of Photography
William LeVanway
Editor
Joseph M. Newman
Assistant Director
Herbert Stothart
Original Music Composer
Harold S. Bucquet
Second Unit Director
William A. Wellman
Edward Ward
Compositor
James C. McKay
Ray Ramsey
Assistant Camera
Paul Bern
Story Consultant
James Curtis Havens
Jack Virgil
Orchestrator
Edwin B. Willis
Maurice Revnes
Writer
Clyde De Vinna
David Townsend
James Basevi
Visual Effects
Leonid Raab
Elmer Sheeley
Assistant Art Director
Paul Marquardt
Charles Maxwell
Paul Hervey Fox
Dialogue
Monckton Hoffe
John Lee Mahin
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Ellsworth Fredericks