Chinatown Nights

Mar 29, 1929

1h 23m

★ 4.2

A white woman lost among Chinamen

Overview

Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. "Boston" Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.

Genres

Drama

Action

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Chinatown Nights Trailers

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Cast

Chuck Riley

Wallace Beery

Joan Fry

Florence Vidor

"Boston Charley" Wu

Warner Oland

The Nameless Street Urchin

Jack McHugh

James "Jimmy" Williams, the reporter

Jack Oakie

Inez Marion

The Gambler

Frank Chew

Delaney, the bartender who throws Joan into street

Richard Cramer

Woman on Stairway

Bess Flowers

One of Riley's Henchmen

Willie Fung

Woo Chung, Riley's principal henchman

Tetsu Komai

Cop

Tom London

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