Chinatown Nights (1938 film)
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- Nigel Byass
- Frederick Reynolds
| Chinatown Nights | |
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| Directed by | Anthony Frenguelli |
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| Story by | Kaye Mason |
| Produced by | Nell Emerald |
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Production company | Victory Films |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Chinatown Nights is a 1938 British science fiction film directed by Anthony Frenguelli and starring Harry Agar Lyons, Anne Grey and Robert Hobbs.[1][2] It was written by Nigel Byass and Frederick Reynolds.
Lyons plays the evil Dr. Sin Fang, a character that he had played earlier in a 1928 six-picture film series produced by Pioneer Productions (see the actor's filmography).[3]
The British Film Institute's National Archive holds no ephemera, stills or film or video materials.[1]
Plot
On the eve of her marriage to John Byrne, Sonia Graham is hypnotised and abducted by Boroski, the son of Chinese criminal Sin Fang, who is seeking a formula invented by Sonia's brother. Mrs. Higgins, housekeeper for the Byrnes, discoveres the criminals' whereabouts, and together with a policeman they infiltrate their headquarters, but Fang blows up the building. Sonia escapes capture from Boroski and she and John are reunited.[4]
Cast
- Harry Agar Lyons as Doctor Sin Fang
- Anne Grey as Sonia Graham
- Robert Hobbs as John Byrne
- Nell Emerald as Mrs. Higgins
- Arty Ash as Professor Graham
- George Mozart as Bill