Shadow of Chinatown is both a 1936 film serial and a feature film edited from the serial made by Sam Katzman's Victory Pictures.
Plot A consortium of American businesses are disturbed by the loss of profits due to Chinese businesses located in Chinatowns in the United States. They hire a pair of Eurasians and their criminal organization to eliminate their competition.
Cast Bela Lugosi ... Victor Poten Herman Brix ... Martin Andrews Joan Barclay ... Joan Whiting Luana Walters ... Sonya Rokoff, the Dragon Lady Charles King ... Grogan Forrest Taylor ... Police Captain Walters
Chapter Titles The serial chapters are as follows: The Arms of the Gods The Crushing Walls 13 Ferguson Alley Death on the Wire The Sinister Ray The Sword Thrower The Noose Midnight The Last Warning The Bomb Thundering Doom Invisible Gas The Brink of Disaster The Fatal Trap The Avenging Powers
Production The serial was known originally as just Chinatown and was written with Lugosi in mind.
Release A feature version of this serial was released simultaneously with the serial itself. It was also called "Shadow of Chinatown" with a slightly altered ending.Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "8. The Detectives "Gangbusters!"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. 176, 180–181. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
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