Shadow of Chinatown
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| Directed by | Robert F. Hill |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Written by | William Buchanan (screenplay) Basil Dickey (screenplay) Robert F. Hill (story) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | William Hyer |
| Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
| Distributed by | Victory Pictures |
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71 minutes (film) 281 minutes (serial) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shadow of Chinatown is both a film serial and a feature film edited from the serial made by Sam Katzman's Victory Pictures.
Contents
Plot
A consortium of American businesses are disturbed by the loss of profits due to Chinese businesses located in Chinatowns in the United States. They hire a pair of Eurasians and their criminal organization to eliminate their competition.
Cast
- Bela Lugosi ... Victor Poten
- Herman Brix ... Martin Andrews
- Joan Barclay ... Joan Whiting
- Luana Walters ... Sonya Rokoff, aka the Dragon Lady
- Maurice Liu ... Willy Fu
- Charles King ... Grogan
- William Buchanan ... Henchman Healy
- Forrest Taylor ... Police Captain Walters
Production
The serial was known originally as just Chinatown and was written with Lugosi in mind.[1]
References
- ↑ Ziegfeld Banner Will be Held Aloft by Talented Young Daughter Patricia: Girl Signs to Work on Universal Opus Bela Lugosi Slated to Star in "Chinatown," Fifteen-Chapter Serial; Gale Sondergaard Chosen as Menace in "Maid of Salem" Schallert, Edwin. Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) [Los Angeles, Calif] 05 Aug 1936: 11.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Shadow of Chinatown at IMDb
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