The Yellow Claw (1921)
January 13, 1921Release Date
Plot.
A frightened woman is murdered in the London apartment of a well-known novelist named Henry Leroux. The police arrest Leroux's butler, but he escapes and runs off to a mysterious opium den, the lair of a drug dealer named Mister King. Gaston Max, a detective from Paris, arrives in London to investigate the drug trafficking. Although the police take down the gang, Mr. King escapes and manages to keep his true identity a secret.
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Cast & Crew.

Sydney Seaward
Inspector Dunbar

Arthur M. Cullin
Dr. Cumberley

Harvey Braban
Gaston Max

Annie Esmond
Denise Ryland

Norman Page
Soames

Kitty Fielder
Lady of the Poppies

Kiyoshi Takase
Ho-Pin

A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons
Henry Leroux

Mary Massart
Helen Cumberley

Cyril Percival
John Howard Edel

Ivy King
Mrs. Leroux

June Tripp
Mrs. Vernon

Eric Albury
Gianopolis

Geoffrey Benstead
Sowerby

Oswald Stoll
Producer

Gerard Fort Buckle
Writer
Details.
Wiki.
The Yellow Claw is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by René Plaissetty and starring Sydney Seaward, Arthur M. Cullin and Harvey Braban. The film was shot partly at Cricklewood Studios and ran 68 minutes. It was based on the 1915 novel The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer, in which a French detective battles a notorious master criminal named Mr. King.