Shadow Of Chinatown (1936)

Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database	06.05.09

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Released both as a 15-chapter serial and as a condensed feature version (for theaters that didn't use serials) which means that all of the cast and crew would one day be credited in some sources with a misleading extra film appearance added to their filmographies even though they only worked on (and got paid) for one performance or job. The story (serial and/or feature) deals with the plotting of a European importing firm to put Chinese trade competition in a west coast Chinatown - city unnamed, but it's by the bay and it isn't Oakland - out of business. Their representative, Sonya Rokoff/The Dragon Lady, a beautiful Eurasian girl, hires Victor Poten, a mad Eurasian chemist and inventor and an equal-opportunity racist who hates both Chinese and White races, to aid her. Poten, by means of his infernal inventions and underworld henchmen, conducts successful raids on the Chinese merchants and also successfully eludes the people hunting and investigating him. Those include newspaper reporter Joan Whiting, her sweetheart Martin Andrews, Willy Fu, Martin's servant, and police Captain Walters and his detectives. After narrow escapes from death in the form of bombs, poison-traps, infernal machines and some hand-to-hand, five-on-one scuffling in Chinatown's underworld, Martin finally captures Poten just as he is about to indulge in a little wholesale killing by poisoning the wine served at a Chinese merchant's banquet. Movie Tagline: Thrills and chills and shivering shocks as a crazed scientist terrorizes the underworld! Also Known As: Yellow Phantom Title: Shadow Of Chinatown Release Date: October 10, 1936 Runtime: 300 mins Genre: Crime All Genres: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Black and White Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 4.3 Brimstone Pit Rating: 5.3 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With S MPAA Rating: Approved Director(s): Robert F. Hill Cast: Bela Lugosi ...Victor Poten Bruce Bennett ...Martin Andrews (as Herman Brix) Joan Barclay ...Joan Whiting Luana Walters ...Sonya Rokoff, aka The Dragon Lady Maurice Liu ...Willy Fu Charles King ...Henchman Grogan William Buchanan ...Henchman Healy Forrest Taylor ...Police Capt. Walters John Cowell ...White Chinaman (as Jack Cowell) James B. Leong ...Wong Henry T. Tung ...Dr. Wu Paul Fung ...Tom Chu [Ch. 2] George Chan ...Old Luce Moy Ming ...Wong's Brother [Chs. 10-11] Victor Adamson ...Weasel-looking henchman Lester Dorr ...Steamship ticket clerk [Ch. 7] John Elliott ...Ship's captain [Ch. 8] Jack Evans ...Henchman Harrison Greene ...Mayor Foley [Ch. 1] Henry Hall ...Dr. Zander, Psychiatrist [Ch. 12] Robert F. Hill ...Pedestrian [Ch. 14] Richard Loo ...Loo, Chinese Man on Street [Chs. 5-7] Bruce Mitchell ...Police Officer Riley [Chs. 1, 4, 13] Roger Williams ...Newspaper Editor Harrison [Chs. 5, 7, 13, 15] Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Sam Katzman Writer(s): Isadore Bernstein William Buchanan Basil Dickey Robert F. Hill More Photos from Shadow Of Chinatown More Movie Taglines: Thrills and chills and shivering shocks as a crazed scientist terrorizes the underworld! 15 Episodes of Flaming Action... Dynamic Thrills and Eerie Mystery! Movie Quote(s): Willy Fu: I accede to honorable request of thugs. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Chinatown, Serial, Underworld, Poisoning, Wine  ...[more] Keywords All: Television, Beautiful Woman, Mad Scientist Seen it? Rate it Currently 5.31/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 5.3 out of 10.0 - 72 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST