Shadow of Chinatown


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:
  1. The Arms of the Gods
  2. The Crushing Walls
  3. 13 Ferguson Alley
  4. Death on the Wire
  5. The Sinister Ray
  6. The Sword Thrower
  7. The Noose
  8. Midnight
  9. The Last Warning
  10. The Bomb
  11. Thundering Doom
  12. Invisible Gas
  13. The Brink of Disaster
  14. The Fatal Trap
  15. 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.