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- Release Date: 1938
- Runtime: 70 min
- Genre: Crime, Drama
- Starring: Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan ... see all
- Director: Robert Florey
- Plot: Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful Oriental friend and hostess (read: mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret... Read more
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A must-see among B movies
Sep 03, 2006
a666333 - imdb.com
Sep 03, 2006a666333 - imdb.com
This is about as good as a one hour B movie can get. While coming from the series of Paramount's Anna May Wong vehicles made in the late 30s, it rises above the straight formula nature of the vast majority... Full review
SELDOM SEEN MASTERWORK OF FLOREY.
Aug 05, 2004
rsoonsa - imdb.com
Aug 05, 2004rsoonsa - imdb.com
Director Robert Florey, who studied under Feuillade and served beneath Sternberg and Vidor among others, is at his best in this dark work by one of the most innovative "B" film auteurs, completed during his strongest period at Paramount, a... Full review
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