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Shadows of the Orient is a american film of genre Drama released in USA on 6 july 1935 with Esther Ralston
Shadows of the Orient (1935)
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Add to a movie listShadows of the Orient is a 1935 American film directed by Burt P. Lynwood.
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Pre WWII action yarn centering on the efforts of law enforcement officers trying to track down the head of a smuggling ring operating out of the 'shadows' of Chinatown.Actors
Esther Ralston
(Viola Avery)
Regis Toomey
(Inspector Bob Baxter)
J. Farrell MacDonald
(Inspector Sullivan)
Oscar Apfel
(Judge Avery)
Sidney Blackmer
(King Moss)
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