Shadow of Chinatown

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
Film poster advertising the first episode
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	1936 (1936)
Running time	71 minutes (film) 281 minutes (serial)
Country	United States
Language	English

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, a.k.a. the Dragon Lady
• Charles King ... Grogan
• Forrest Taylor ... Police Captain Walters

Chapter Titles

The serial chapters are as follows:

1. The Arms of the Gods
2. The Crushing Walls
3. 13 Ferguson Alley
4. Death on the Wire
5. The Sinister Ray
6. The Sword Thrower
7. The Noose
8. Midnight
9. The Last Warning
10. The Bomb
11. Thundering Doom
12. Invisible Gas
13. The Brink of Disaster
14. The Fatal Trap
15. The Avenging Powers ^[1]

Production

The serial was known originally as just Chinatown and was written with Lugosi in mind.^[2]

Release

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]