I Cover Chinatown
1936 American crime film directed by Norman Foster
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I Cover Chinatown is a 1936 American crime film directed by Norman Foster (in his directorial debut) and starring Foster, Elaine Shepard and Theodore von Eltz.[1] A San Francisco Chinatown tour guide gets mixed up with a murder. It was Foster's debut as a director and one of his final appearances as an actor.
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| Directed by | Norman Foster |
| Written by | Harry Hamilton |
| Produced by | Fenn Kimball |
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| Edited by | Carl Pierson |
| Music by | Abe Meyer |
Production company | Banner Pictures |
| Distributed by | Commodore Pictures |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast
- Norman Foster as Eddie Barton
- Elaine Shepard as Gloria Watkins
- Vince Barnett as Puss McGaffey - the Bus Driver
- Theodore von Eltz as Clark Duryea
- Arthur Lake as Insurance Salesman
- Polly Ann Young as Myra Duryea
- Eddie Gribbon as Truck Driver
- Edward Emerson as Victor Duryea
- George Hackathorne as Head Waiter
- Bruce Mitchell as Police Detective
- Robert Love as Policeman
- Charita Alden as Rae - Hawaiian Dancer
Impact
In his 1973 book, B Movies, film historian Don Miller noted that, for an independent (non-studio) production, I Covered Chinatown "showed a bit of class, rare then," and led directly to Foster's contract with 20th Century-Fox and his later notable career as a film director.[2]
