A hatchet man is ordered to kill his close friend for the sake of Tong.
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| Edward G. Robinson | ... |
Wong Low Get
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| Loretta Young | ... |
Sun Toya San
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| Dudley Digges | ... |
Nog Hong Fah
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| Leslie Fenton | ... |
Harry En Hai
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| Edmund Breese | ... |
Yu Chang
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| Tully Marshall | ... |
Long Sen Yat
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| J. Carrol Naish | ... |
Sun Yat Ming
(as J. Carroll Naish)
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| Charles Middleton | ... |
Lip Hop Fat
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| E. Alyn Warren | ... |
Soo Lat - The Cobbler
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| Edward Peil Sr. | ... |
Bing Foo
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Anna Chang | ... |
Sing Girl (uncredited)
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| Blanche Friderici | ... |
Madame Si-Si (uncredited)
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| Willie Fung | ... |
Notary Fung Loo / Bomb Maker (uncredited)
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Anne Howard | ... |
Young Girl (uncredited)
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| Ralph Ince | ... |
'Big Jim' Malone (uncredited)
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| Otto Lederer | ... |
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
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James B. Leong | ... |
Tong Member (uncredited)
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| Gladys Lloyd | ... |
Fan Yi (uncredited)
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| Noel Madison | ... |
Charley Kee (uncredited)
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| Toshia Mori | ... |
Miss Ling - Wong's Secretary (uncredited)
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Miki Morita | ... |
Bodyguard (uncredited)
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| Evelyn Selbie | ... |
Wah Li (uncredited)
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| Otto Yamaoka | ... |
Chung Ho (uncredited)
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Directed by
| William A. Wellman | ||
Written by
| Achmed Abdullah | ... | (play "The Honorable Mr. Wong") & |
| David Belasco | ... | (play "The Honorable Mr. Wong") |
| J. Grubb Alexander | ... | (screenplay) |
Cinematography by
| Sidney Hickox | ... | (photography by) (as Sid Hickox) |
Editing by
| Owen Marks | ||
Art Direction by
| Anton Grot | ||
Costume Design by
| Earl Luick | ... | (gowns) |
Makeup Department
| Ruth Pershley | ... | hair stylist |
| Perc Westmore | ... | makeup artist (uncredited) |
Production Management
| William Koenig | ... | production manager (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Fred Fox | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
| Sylvan Karp | ... | second assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| Martin Hershey | ... | props (uncredited) |
| Howard Oggle | ... | props (uncredited) |
Sound Department
| Robert B. Lee | ... | sound (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Frank Wilkie | ... | assistant grip |
| Wesley Anderson | ... | assistant camera (uncredited) |
| John Ellis | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
| Charles Ferguson | ... | gaffer (uncredited) |
| Dudie Maschmeyer | ... | grip (uncredited) |
| Richard Towers | ... | second camera operator (uncredited) |
| Homer Van Pelt | ... | still photographer (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Leo F. Forbstein | ... | conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra |
| Bernhard Kaun | ... | composer: main and end title music (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
| Jean Raymond | ... | script supervisor (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Clem Peoples | ... | technical advisor (uncredited) |
| Louis Vincenot | ... | technical advisor (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- First National Pictures (controlled by Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.)
Distributors
- Warner Bros. (1932) (United States) (theatrical)
- Vitagraph Limited (1932) (Canada) (theatrical)
- First National Film Distributors (1932) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (re-titled)
- Warner Bros First National (1932) (France) (theatrical)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1932) (Norway) (theatrical)
- Warner Bros. (1949) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Warner Bros. (1949) (Canada) (theatrical) (re-release) (as Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Company, Ltd.)
- Warner Brothers First National Films (1932) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Associated Artists Productions (AAP) (1956) (United States) (tv)
- Warner Home Video (2013) (United States) (DVD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Tobis-Topoly (french dubbing)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill him, he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter Toya San, whom Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns that Toya would be happier with Harry, he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported, and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else, she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.
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| Taglines | He kills!! She thrills! See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | Edward G. Robinson's wife at the time, Gladys Lloyd, appears uncredited as "Fan Yi". They were married from 1927 to 1956 and she would appear in five films with him from 1931-32. See more » |
| Goofs | When Wong Low Get displays the scar on his left arm to the Tong; he places his right arm palm down over his left and pulls back the sleeve. But on the next immediate cut which is a close-up of the arm; he now has his right arm palm up under the left arm. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939). See more » |
| Soundtracks | Alabamy Bound See more » |
| Quotes |
Wong Low Get:
Sometimes it is better that the eye should not see what the hand is doing. See more » |