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| Directed by | Burt P. Lynwood |
| Written by | Louis E. Heifetz (story) Charles F. Royal (adaptation and screenplay) |
| Produced by | Larry Darmour (producer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
| Edited by | Dwight Caldwell |
| Distributed by | Majestic Pictures Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Shadows of the Orient is a 1935 American crime drama film directed by Burt P. Lynwood.
Plot
[edit]Law enforcement officers try to track down the head of a smuggling ring operating out of the 'shadows' of Chinatown.
Cast
[edit]- Esther Ralston as Viola Avery
- Regis Toomey as Inspector Bob Baxter
- J. Farrell MacDonald as Inspector Sullivan
- Oscar Apfel as Judge Avery
- Sidney Blackmer as King Moss
- Eddie Fetherston as James 'Flash' Dawson
- Kit Guard as Spud Nolan
- James B. Leong as Ching Chu
Critical reception
[edit]Lionel Collier, writing for the British magazine, Picturegoer, gave the film a one-star review and described it as, "An ingenious quick-action melodrama which does not pretend to any plausibility but keeps going at a hectic pace with aerial thrills, romance and villainy."[1]
References
[edit]- ↑ Collier, Lionel (June 27, 1936). "Shadows of the Orient". Picturegoer. Vol. 6, no. 266. p. 34.
External links
[edit]- Shadows of the Orient at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Shadows of the Orient at IMDb
- Shadows of the Orient is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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