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Chinatown at Midnight poster

Chinatown at Midnight

"Behind-the-scenes story... as detectives trap killer inside San Francisco's Chinatown at Midnight!"

56
Audience
NR 1949 · 1h 7m
Crime, Mystery
Starring Hurd Hatfield · Jean Willes · Tom Powers
Chinatown at Midnight poster
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About

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.

Theatrical
Nov 17, 1949
Director
Seymour Friedman
Writers
Robert Libott, Frank Burt
Producer
Sam Katzman
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Keywords
san francisco, california fire escape chinatown vase thief film noir b movie boarding house chinese rooftop machine gun census taker undercover operation malaria jumping from a rooftop antique dealer prescription medication telephone switchboard operator police procedural learning chinese
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Cast

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H
Hurd Hatfield
Clifford Ward
J
Jean Willes
Alice
T
Tom Powers
Captain Howard Brown
R
Ray Walker
Sam Costa
C
Charles Russell
Fred Morgan
J
Jacqueline deWit
Lisa Marcel (as Jacqueline DeWit)
M
Maylia Fong
Hazel Fong
B
Byron Foulger
Greer Pharmacy Druggist
R
Ross Elliott
Eddie Marsh
B
Benson Fong
Joe Wing
B
Barbara Jean Wong
Betty Chang
V
Victor Sen Yung
Hotel Proprietor
J
Josephine Whittell
Mrs. Emily Dryden
P
Paul E. Burns
A
Al Cantor
O
Ottola Nesmith
Mrs. Langdon
F
Frank O'Connor
S
Steve Pendleton
Policeman

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