Thundergate

Oct 15, 1923

1h 10m

★ 0.0

Overview

Robert Wells is an American born in China who, unbeknownst to him, has an Oriental half-brother. Wells' uncle sends him to help Ray Williams build bridges in China. Williams is in league with Chinese reactionaries and he discredits Wells by turning him into a drug addict. Wells eventually becomes an outcast and is in a stupor when he is found by his half-brother, Kong Sue, the son of the Lord of Thundergate, a powerful Mandarin reactionary.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

First National Pictures

Thundergate Trailers

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Cast

Robert Wells / Kong Sur

Owen Moore

Ellen Ainsmith / Jen Jue

Virginia Brown Faire

James Sanderson (as Edwin Booth Tilton)

Edwin B. Tilton

Alberta Hayward

Sylvia Breamer

Ray Williams

Robert McKim

Jim Davis

Richard Cummings

Mike

W.E. Dyer

Suen Tung

Tully Marshall

Yuen Kai

Tote Du Crow

Mey Wang

Ynez Seabury

Minor Role (uncredited)

Willie Fung

Minor Role (uncredited)

Bernard Siegel

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