The Woman from China
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Directed byEdward Dryhurst
Written by
- George Dewhurst
- Edward Dryhurst
Produced byEdward G. Whiting
Starring
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| Directed by | Edward Dryhurst |
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| Produced by | Edward G. Whiting |
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Production company | Edward G. Whiting Productions |
| Distributed by | Jury Metro-Goldwyn |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Woman from China is a 1930 British crime film directed by Edward Dryhurst and starring Julie Suedo, Gibb McLaughlin and Frances Cuyler.[1][2] It was written by George Dewhurst and Dryhurst, and shot at Isleworth Studios as a quota quickie.[3][4]
Crooked Chinese shipping businessman Chang-Li is involved in smuggling weapons from England into China. He has desires on Celia Thorburn, an English girl engaged to Lieutenant Jack Halliday, and uses Laloe, a Chinese woman, to distract Halliday, so he can steal Celia away from him. But Halliday discovers the smuggled arms and outwits Chang-Li.
Cast
- Julie Suedo as Laloe Berchmans
- Gibb McLaughlin as Chung-Li
- Frances Cuyler as Celia Thorburn
- Tony Wylde as Lieutenant Jack Halliday
- Kiyoshi Takase as Ah Wong
- R. Byron Webber as Mr Berchmans
- George Wynn as officer
- Clifford Pembroke as Snell
- Laurie Leslie as Garcia
- Ian Wilson as cabin boy