Summaries

A tour guide in Chinatown and his girlfriend get mixed up with jewel thieves and murder.

Two San Francisco brothers, Clark (Theodore von Eltz)and Victor Duryea ('Edward Emerson'), run a jewelry store in Chinatown that really serves as a fencing operation for stolen goods. Clark's wife, Myra (Polly Ann Young), becomes aware of their crooked operation and states her intentions to leave him. Clark, fearing that Myra will inform the police, kills her and stuffs her body in a truck. Meanwhile, Myra's sister, Gloria Watkins (Elaine Shepherd), comes to San Francisco to visit her sister, finds out she is missing, and sets out to investigate her disappearance. Along, the way, she is aided by "Puss" McGaffey ('Vince Barnett'), a Chinatown tour-bus driver and his friend Eddie Barton (Norman Foster), the tour-bus barker who aspires to be a private detective—Les Adams <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • low budget film
  • b movie
  • death of sister
  • poverty row film
  • crooked brothers
Genres
  • Mystery
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
  • Music
Release date Sep 30, 1936
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) Approved
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Filming locations San Francisco, California, USA
Production companies Banner Pictures Corporation

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Tech specs

Runtime 1h 4m
Color Black and White
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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