Shadow of Chinatown

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Shadow of Chinatown

1936

1h 11m

4.0(4 votes)

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Crime

Overview

Feature version of the 1936 serial starring Bela Lugosi. A European importing firm resorts to devious extremes to run its Chinese competition out of business.

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7 members

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Lugosi Béla

Victor Poten

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Bruce Bennett

Martin Andrews

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Joan Barclay

Joan Whiting

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Luana Walters

Sonya Rokoff

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Maurice Liu

Willy Fu

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Charles King

Grogan

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William Buchanan

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