Karloff is the Chinese warlord Fang, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.Karloff is the Chinese warlord Fang, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.Karloff is the Chinese warlord Fang, who holds a group of oilmen and missionaries hostage in a remote Chinese outpost.
Luke Chan
- Chan - Abernathy's Servant
- (uncredited)
Paul Fung
- Station Master
- (uncredited)
Mia Ichioka
- Hua Mei
- (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
- Harry Hemingway
- (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai
- General Ma
- (uncredited)
Eddie Lee
- Wang Chung - the Assassin
- (uncredited)
James B. Leong
- Pao - Man Who Goes for Help
- (uncredited)
Maurice Liu
- Train Conductor
- (uncredited)
Daro Meya
- Chinese Officer
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe original play takes place in the heart of bandit-infested Mexico, but to capitalize on the interest in China, the location was changed to China.
- GoofsIn the first scene when Fang meets the Westerners, the spatial relationship between Cheng and Fang changes from Cheng facing Fang to standing behind him, totally violating the 180 degree rule.
- Quotes
Gen. Wu Yen Fang: It was easy. I am Fang.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Breakdowns of 1937 (1937)
Featured review
Excellent movie directed by John Farrow,(Mia Farrow's father) and involves American promoters Myron Galt(Douglas Wood) and Gordon Creed(Ricardo Cortez) who arrive in a village where bandit's are infested throughout the country side of northern China. They plan to foreclose on a valuable oil concession owned by Jim Hallet(Gordon Oliver). However, Creed finds his estranged wife, Jane (Beverly Roberts), a medical missionary, is falling in love with Hallet. He will not give her a divorce, in the meantime an army of bandits looking for money and possessions are lead by their renegade general,Wu Yen Fang(Boris Karloff), he takes over the entire city and uses the Christian Mission as a headquarters. Americans and missionaries find themselves prisoners of Boris Karloff and he does a good job of terrorizing them. West of Shanghai in 1923 was a silent film and also a talkie version in 1930. Walter Houston repeated the role of the Mexican bandit. This is a very slow B movie. Karloff is starred, and does the best that he can to portray a Chinese bandit using the methods of American racketeers. Boris Karloff's acting and makeup is great which made this picture into a classic.
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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