A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.A madman sets out to destroy a group of Chinatown merchants.
Bruce Bennett
- Martin Andrews
- (as Herman Brix)
John Cowell
- White Chinaman [Ch. 1]
- (as Jack Cowell)
Lester Dorr
- Steamship Ticket Clerk [Ch. 7]
- (uncredited)
John Elliott
- Ship's Captain [Chs. 8-10]
- (uncredited)
Jack Evans
- Henchman
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
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- TriviaThe titles of the 15 individual chapters, their respective running times and certificate numbers are:
- The Arms of the Gods: 26.15 - #2509
- The Crushing Walls: 17.00 - #2510
- 13 Ferguson Alley: 17.00 - #2511
- Death on the Wire: 17.04 - #2512
- The Sinister Ray: 16.25 - #2513
- The Sword Thrower: 17.25 - #2514
- The Noose: 21.29 - #2515
- Midnight: 17.32 - #2516
- The Last Warning: 18.46 - #2517
- The Bomb: 20.00 - #2518
- Thundering Doom: 18.31 - #2519
- Invisible Gas: 18.22 - #2520
- The Brink of Disaster: 18.27 - #2521
- The Fatal Trap: 18.25 - #2522
- The Avenging Powers: 17.48 - #2523
- The chapters have a total running time of 280.5 minutes (4 hours 40 minutes)
- GoofsIn Chapter: 1, when Joan, who is wearing an ankle-length skirt, falls sitting on her behind, after trying to climb the fire escape, there is a direct view of her very white underwear. In the next frame, after the cop passes her, she is filmed from the side, averting the unfortunate view.
- Crazy creditsOpening credits of crew and cast are flipped as pages of a book.
- ConnectionsEdited into Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
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Luana Walters
The version I just saw was almost unwatchable. It came as part of a pack of 50 sci-fi movies. I suspected, but did not know, it had been a serial until reading the reviews here.
Pacing was terrible, jumps were made that made no sense, and the overall quality of acting and sets was deplorable. Also, the copy of the print I saw was in terrible shape. But considering it's vintage, better may not be possible.
The high-point for me was Luana Walters. Wow, was she beautiful! It's a shame she didn't play the bad part up more instead of having a conscious. Oh well.
Bela Lugosi was such an enjoyable
All-in-all, an almost passable and interesting time-waster on a Sunday night.
Pacing was terrible, jumps were made that made no sense, and the overall quality of acting and sets was deplorable. Also, the copy of the print I saw was in terrible shape. But considering it's vintage, better may not be possible.
The high-point for me was Luana Walters. Wow, was she beautiful! It's a shame she didn't play the bad part up more instead of having a conscious. Oh well.
Bela Lugosi was such an enjoyable
All-in-all, an almost passable and interesting time-waster on a Sunday night.
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- woodfan
- Jul 9, 2007
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Sombras del barrio chino
- Filming locations
- Wilmington, CA, USA(Ch. 15 car chase scene)
- Production company
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- Runtime4 hours 41 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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