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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 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. Mar 17, 2019 Full Review Frank S. Nugent New York Times 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. Mar 17, 2019 Full Review P.S. Harrison Harrison's Reports 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. Jul 9, 2020 Full Review TV Guide Staff TV Guide 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. Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 17, 2019 Full Review Josephine O'Neill Daily Telegraph (Australia) [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. Mar 17, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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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