Feature version of the 1936 serial "Shadow of Chinatown."Feature version of the 1936 serial "Shadow of Chinatown."Feature version of the 1936 serial "Shadow of Chinatown."
Bela Lugosi
- Victor Poten
- (archive footage)
Bruce Bennett
- Martin Andrews
- (archive footage)
- (as Herman Brix)
Joan Barclay
- Joan Whiting
- (archive footage)
Luana Walters
- Sonya Rokoff
- (archive footage)
Maurice Liu
- Willy Fu
- (archive footage)
Charles King
- Grogan (a thug)
- (archive footage)
William Buchanan
- Healy (a thug)
- (archive footage)
Forrest Taylor
- Police Capt. Waters
- (archive footage)
John Cowell
- Willie
- (archive footage)
James B. Leong
- Wong
- (archive footage)
Henry T. Tung
- Dr. Wu
- (archive footage)
George Chan
- Old Luce
- (archive footage)
Moy Ming
- Wong's Brother
- (archive footage)
John Elliott
- Ship's Captain
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Harrison Greene
- Major Foley
- (uncredited)
Henry Hall
- Dr. Zander
- (uncredited)
Robert F. Hill
- Rooftop Fight Spectator
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film is one of over 200 titles in the list of independent feature films made available for television presentation by Advance Television Pictures announced in Motion Picture Herald 4 April 1942. At this time, television broadcasting was in its infancy, almost totally curtailed by the advent of World War II, and would not continue to develop until 1945-1946. Because of poor documentation (feature films were often not identified by title in conventional sources) no record has yet been found of its initial television broadcast. Its earliest documented telecast in New York City took place Sunday 25 June 1950 on WATV (Channel 13).
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Not Bad
Shadow of Chinatown (1936) is actually a 15-part serial but the movie is a condensed/edited version of it. Basically, 15 shows edited to create one movie. I have not seen the serial only this film version.
With the serial being condensed into a movie I'm sure the viewer is missing out on some interesting scenes by watching only the movie version but I feel they did a good job with the movie to cut through the chase and get to the heart and soul of the serial.
I liked this film. It's not the greatest Lugosi film but it's actually a fun crime-drama to watch. Victor Poten (Lugosi) will hypnotize and terrorize the people that get in his way of destroying Chinatown - he is a vengeful madman.
The movie is interesting enough that I would like to watch the the entire 15-part serial. For me it's just to watch Lugosi in something different.
6/10
With the serial being condensed into a movie I'm sure the viewer is missing out on some interesting scenes by watching only the movie version but I feel they did a good job with the movie to cut through the chase and get to the heart and soul of the serial.
I liked this film. It's not the greatest Lugosi film but it's actually a fun crime-drama to watch. Victor Poten (Lugosi) will hypnotize and terrorize the people that get in his way of destroying Chinatown - he is a vengeful madman.
The movie is interesting enough that I would like to watch the the entire 15-part serial. For me it's just to watch Lugosi in something different.
6/10
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- Rainey-Dawn
- Oct 21, 2015
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- Runtime1 hour 11 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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