Daughter of the Dragon

Sep 24, 1931

1h 10m

★ 5.1

Sworn to kill-cruelly-even the man she loves! With her slender fingers the relentless Fu-Manchu reaches from the grave to complete his vengeance!

Overview

At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Ling Moy

Anna May Wong

Fu Manchu

Warner Oland

Ah Kee

Sessue Hayakawa

Ronald Petrie

Bramwell Fletcher

Joan Marshall

Frances Dade

Sir John Petrie

Holmes Herbert

Sir Basil Courtney

Lawrence Grant

Rogers

Harold Minjir

Morloff

Nicholas Soussanin

Lu Chung

E. Alyn Warren

Amah (uncredited)

Oie Chan

Henchman (uncredited)

Wong Chung

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