Chinatown Nights (1929)
1h 23m
Running Time
March 29, 1929Release Date
Chinatown Nights (1929)
1h 23m
Running Time
March 29, 1929Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Wallace Beery
Chuck Riley
Florence Vidor
Joan Fry
Warner Oland
Boston Charley
Jack Oakie
The Reporter
Jack McHugh
The Shadow
William A. Wellman
Director
Samuel Ornitz
Writer
Frank Chew
The Gambler
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Wiki.
Chinatown Nights, also known as Tong War, is a 1929 film starring Wallace Beery and begun as a silent film then finished as an all-talking sound one via dubbing. Directed by William A. Wellman and released by Paramount Pictures, Chinatown Nights also stars Florence Vidor, former wife of director King Vidor, who did not dub her own voice and quit the movie business immediately afterward, preferring not to work in sound films; her voice in Chinatown Nights was supplied by actress Nella Walker. The supporting cast includes Warner Oland as a Chinese gangster and Jack Oakie as a stuttering reporter. The movie was based upon the story "Tong War" by Samuel Ornitz.