Chinatown at Midnight

Nov 17, 1949

1h 7m

★ 5.6

Behind-the-scenes story... as detectives trap killer inside San Francisco's Chinatown at Midnight!

Overview

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

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Cast

Clifford Ward

Hurd Hatfield

Alice

Jean Willes

Captain Howard Brown

Tom Powers

Sam Costa

Ray Walker

Fred Morgan

Charles Russell

Lisa Marcel (as Jacqueline DeWit)

Jacqueline deWit

Hazel Fong

Maylia Fong

Greer Pharmacy Druggist

Byron Foulger

Eddie Marsh

Ross Elliott

Joe Wing

Benson Fong

Betty Chang

Barbara Jean Wong

Hotel Proprietor

Victor Sen Yung

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