Cast overview: | |||
John Ince | ... | Joe Bentley | |
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Zarah Tazil | ... | Mora (as Zara Tazil) |
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Manuel López | ... | Johnny Fly (as Manuel Lopez) |
Richard Cramer | ... | Inspector Green (as Dick Cramer) | |
Sheila Terry | ... | Edith Bentley | |
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Merrill McCormick | ... | Jalla (as Merril Mc Cormick) |
Philip Ahn | ... | Wu Ting (as Philip Ann) | |
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John Lester Johnson | ... | John |
Lon Chaney Jr. | ... | Jack Wilson / Butch Curtain |
A colonial police detective in an Eastern seaport seeks a stolen gem, and infiltrates the underworld by posing as a look-alike wharfside bar owner.
A detective is on the pursuit of a jewel thief somewhere in the Far East. This very short movie moves at a snail's pace and in truth does not provide very much entertainment. Lon Chaney plays two separate roles here, as the aforementioned detective and a drunken thug. In all honesty, neither character is terribly interesting. Neither is the plot-line either. It's all very lethargic and poorly presented. It was obviously shot on a low budget but that's not really much of an excuse for something so tedious. The title of the movie is entirely meaningless too - I guess it was designed to make it sound like a horror film, and the Chaney name would help sell it. But there are no thrills in this one sadly. The star of the show was probably the lippy parrot that lived in the bar. That of course is strictly faint praise.