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King of Chinatown

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A wounded gangster (Akim Tamiroff) falls in love with a Chinatown doctor (Anna May Wong) who saves his life.

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SMH Staff Sydney Morning Herald 03/17/2019
As Dr Ling, Anna May Wong has little to do but act a mild role with dignity, plus some gentle humour. This she does, although the script makes her character a rather colourless personality. Go to Full Review Frank S. Nugent New York Times 03/17/2019
Paramount should have spared us and its cast (Akim Tamiroff, Anna May Wong, Sidney Toler and J. Carrol Naish principally) the necessity of being bothered with such folderol. Go to Full Review P.S. Harrison Harrison's Reports 07/09/2020
It is just another gangster melodrama, lacking the excitement one expects in pictures of this type. It starts out pretty well, but as it develops it loses its fast pace. Go to Full Review TV Guide Staff TV Guide 03/17/2019
2.5/5
Neat and quick, the film moves at a nice pace in its 56-minute run. Despite some bad editing early in the film, this is an interesting thriller with a great cast. Go to Full Review Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) 03/17/2019
[It's] about a woman surgeon and a racketeer with noble instincts, who suffers a change of soul after she has saved his life. It seems a pity that this reformation has to wait until the end of the film... an awful lot of tedium could have been prevented. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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Nick Grinde

Director

Anna May Wong

Dr. Mary Ling

Akim Tamiroff

Frank Baturin

J. Carrol Naish

Professor

Sidney Toler

Dr. Chang Ling

Philip Ahn

Robert 'Bob' Li
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Movie Info

Synopsis A wounded gangster (Akim Tamiroff) falls in love with a Chinatown doctor (Anna May Wong) who saves his life.
Director
Nick Grinde
Producer
Harold Hurley
Screenwriter
Lillie Hayward, Irving Reis
Production Co
Paramount Pictures
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 0m