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      Shadow of Chinatown

      1936 1h 10m Mystery & Thriller List
      Reviews 8% Audience Score 50+ Ratings A European importing firm resorts to devious extremes to run its Chinese competition out of business. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Bela Lugosi is one of my favourites of the first stage of horror presences (not including silent cinema), but compared to his contemporaries (Boris Karloff, Vincent Price and Lon Chaney Jr.), he had more than his share of turkeys. The atmospheric, Hungarian-born, quite charismatic actor starred in one of them here, in this 'Charlie Chan'-knockoff serial. I tend to love them, but this is a minor, 70-minute editing of the 15-episode, 281-minute edition. It has decent supporting players, in Joan Barclay and Bruce Bennett, a woman trying to become an exciting news reporter, rather than simply the newspaper's society column editor, and her boss, respectively, who end up, predictably enough, romantically entangled as they try to discover what and who's behind raids threatening competitor merchants in San Francisco's Chinatown from the business interests of Lugosi's employer, the gorgeous Dragon Lady (Luana Walters). Lugosi gives your money's worth as the despicable and ruthless villain. My copy came from my legendary Mill Creek 50-pack 'Nightmare Worlds', and if you enjoy serials, Lugosi or 30's detective films such as the 'Charlie Chan' series, it's a decent poor-boy's version and worth a watch. I would prefer to see the full version, but that's just me. If you're just marginally interested in them or prefer Lugosi in his more horrific fare, this may prove boring for you, and I would suggest that instead, you stick to his better-known projects with more money behind them and better directors--they offer you much more meat to sink your *ahem* teeth into. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Bela is the only reason to catch this one Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Lugosi Hits the Wong Note--Absolutely Cranky!! Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Relies a little too much on Lugosi and is weak on plot and characters, but it has some good attributes and elements. It's a decent crime story that doesn't drag on too long. Nothing too memorable, but still. it's not awful. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member pretty good. not one of bela lugosi's best films. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member not for short attention spans Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A European importing firm resorts to devious extremes to run its Chinese competition out of business.
      Director
      Robert F. Hill
      Genre
      Mystery & Thriller
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Jan 9, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 10m
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