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1936 American film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shadow of Chinatown is both a 1936 film serial and a feature film edited from the serial made by Sam Katzman's Victory Pictures.
Shadow of Chinatown | |
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Directed by | Robert F. Hill |
Written by | William Buchanan (screenplay) Basil Dickey (screenplay) Robert F. Hill (story) |
Produced by | Sam Katzman |
Starring | See below |
Cinematography | William Hyer |
Edited by | Charles Henkel Jr. |
Distributed by | Victory Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 71 minutes (film) 281 minutes (serial) |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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.
The serial chapters are as follows:
The serial was known originally as just Chinatown and was written with Lugosi in mind.[2]
A feature version of this serial was released simultaneously with the serial itself. It was also called "Shadow of Chinatown" with a slightly altered ending.[3]
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