Thursday, September 14, 2023 @ 7:00pm
Created as a star vehicle for Anna May Wong, this B-movie thriller is notable for featuring two Asian American actors as sympathetic leads. Wong and Philip Ahn, Hollywood's first Asian American G-man, unmask white villainy in their investigation of a smuggling ring of undocumented immigrants. With Charles Bickford, Buster Crabbe, Cecil Cunningham, J. Carrol Naish, and a young Anthony Quinn as one of the smugglers.
1937. Not rated. Run time: 62 minutes.
A part of the “Breathing Fire: A Celebration of Anna May Wong” Series, this film will be introduced by Megan Ferry, Professor of Chinese at Union College