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19311930s FEATURE FILMS
CRIME DRAMA
PHYLLIS BARRINGTON, JASON ROBARDS,SR., JOHN HARRON, DOROTHY FARELY, MARY CARR, FRANK LACKTEEN, WILLIAM MAHLEN, RICHARD ALEXANDER. GANGSTERS POPULATING SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINATOWN. DANCE HALLS ARE BROUGHT TO THE SCREEN IN THIS CRIME TALE MIXED WITH DOSES OF ORIENTAL PHILOSOPHY. SCENES OF SAN FRANCISCO'S CHINATOWN. A CHEAP DANCE HALL OF THE TIME AND A DEPRESSION-ERA SALVATION ARMY SHELTER. FILLED WITH SOUND BYTE CLICHES!!
NIGHTTIME SALVATION ARMY BAND PLAYS. DRUNK SAILORS APPROACH WOMAN. POV HE SEES DOUBLE-BLURRY IMAGE OF WOMAN. POV DRUNK. MAN WAITS IN THE SHADOWS. MAN HELPS WOMAN. GETS RID OF CREEPS. WOMAN GOES INTO DRESSING ROOM. GROUP OF MEN WATCH WOMAN COME IN. SHE POWDERS HER NOSE. MAN ASKS MADAME FOR DANCE WITH PARTICULAR GIRL. SOUND BYTE "DO YOU THINK SHE'LL DANCE WITH ME?" WOMAN COMES OUT AND MEN CROWD AROUND HER. DANCE HALL GIRLS. OTHER GIRLS RESENT POPULAR GIRL. MAN BUYS DANCE TICKETS. GIRL WATCHES MAN WHILE SHE DANCES. CU HAPPY MADAME. TOUGH GUY WANTS DANCE. COUPLE GO UPSTAIRS TO BALCONY TO TALK. ROUGH NECKS. CRITICIZES GIRL'S CHOICE OF EMPLOYMENT. ROMANTIC COUPLE. NOT A RESPECTABLE JOB FOR A WOMAN. BAND PLAYS IN DANCE HALL. WOMAN UNCOMFORTABLE WITH TOUGH GUY. SOUND BYTE. "I CAN SEE YOU AND ME WILL GET ALONG SWELL, BABY". HIGH ANGLE. WOMAN LOOKS UP AT MAN AS HE LOCKS DOWN. ANGRY. THROWS ALL HIS TICKETS ON TABLE AND LEAVES. WOMAN VERY UPSET. SOUND BYTE "DAMES", "I'M WISE TO YOU", "WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA?" DUMB SAILOR. "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PULL", "AFTER ALL I'VE DONE FOR YOU". UNGRATEFUL, "I'M THROUGH". SHE QUITS. CU CALENDAR. TURNING PAGE TO SHOW PASSAGE OF TIME. DRIFTING AIMLESSLY. WOMAN POOR. WALKS THROUGH ALLEY. DESPERATE ENOUGH TO GO THROUGH GARBAGE FOR FOOD. DOWN AND OUT. POLICEMAN QUESTIONS CHINESE MAN. ASKS FOR TRANSLATION. SOUND BYTE, "I WOULDN'T GO IN THERE IF I WERE YOU". GANGSTERS PLANNING CRIME. WOMAN FAINTS. GUN SHOTS GO OFF. MAN CATCHES GIRL. "ARE YOU HURT". INTERIOR OF CHINESE HOME. WOMAN LIES IN BED WITH ELABORATE PILLOWS AND SILKS. SHE WAKES UP. UPSET AND SURPRISED. FANNED BY OLD CHINESE WOMAN WHO SINGS TO HER. SOUND BYTE. "IT'S THE WILL OF THE GODS THAT I SERVE YOU". CHARLIE WONG. TEACHING OF CONFUCIUS. SHE FALLS ASLEEP. HE READS HER PHILOSOPHY. RELIGIOUS CHINESE STATUES. TONG ROOM. "SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL, THINK NO EVIL". STREETS OF CHINATOWN, DAY. MEN SNEAK INTO HOUSE. GONG. WOMAN LOOKS AT BIRD IN CAGE. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. MADAME YELLS AT CHINAMAN. TRIES TO GET WOMAN TO COME BACK TO DANCE HALL. DOESN'T CARE WHAT PEOPLE THINK. WOMAN CRIES. MAN SNEAKS INTO WOMAN'S ROOM AS SHE SLEEPS. ANGRY MAN WHIPS MAN'S FACE. "GET OUT". DEFENDING WOMAN. SHE HAS TO LEAVE. "I CAN'T STAY HERE". SALVATION ARMY STORY LINE. MAN EATS DONUT. DOWN AND OUT. WOMAN SMILES. CHINESE MAN TELLS OTHER MAN THAT THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO MUST STOP. THE LITTLE SALVATION ARMY GIRL. WOMAN ON CORNER. LOOKS LOST, SAD. SEES FRIEND. SHE RUNS TO HIM. SHE GETS HIM TO GO WITH HER. CHINESE MAN. SPIES ON THEM. MAKES VERY ANGRY FACE. IN RESTAURANT. OPENS FORTUNE COOKIE. READS FORTUNE. EAVESDROPPING. HE TELLS HER THAT HE'S NOT REALLY A BUM, HE'S AN UNDERCOVER AGENT. BAD GUY HEARS THIS. WOMAN KNOWS WHO HE IS AFTER. "THE LAW MUST BE ENFORCED." SHE WARNS MAN THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS AFTER HIM. CHINESE TEMPLE. MEETING. GOVERNMENT MAN TIED UP. GOES INTO SECRET MEETING. THE SECRETS OF OUT TONG. PUTS WOMAN INTO LOCKED ROOM. SHE LISTENS AT DOOR. SHE FINDS A WAY TO ESCAPE. FIST FIGHT AMONG CHINESE MEN. POLICE ARRIVE. ARRESTING CHINESE MEN. GETS STABBED IN THE BACK. WOMAN SAVES MAN. UNTIES MAN. MASSAGES HIS ARM AND NECK. MAN GUY CREEPS TOWARD THEM WITH KNIFE. RAISES ARM TO KILL. WOMAN SCREAMS. BAD GUY SHOT IN THE BACK BY DYING CHARLIE WONG. WOMAN CRIES IN HUG.

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