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Überfall im Chinesenviertel

Originaltitel: King of Chinatown
  • 1939
  • Approved
  • 57 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
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J. Carrol Naish, Akim Tamiroff, and Anna May Wong in Überfall im Chinesenviertel (1939)
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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuViolence and death stalk the Chinese of a big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible, and, against terrific odds... Alles lesenViolence and death stalk the Chinese of a big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible, and, against terrific odds, bring peace to their oppressed neighbors.Violence and death stalk the Chinese of a big American city, but one man, Dr. Chang Ling, and his daughter, Dr. Mary Ling, defy the racketeers who are responsible, and, against terrific odds, bring peace to their oppressed neighbors.

  • Regie
    • Nick Grinde
  • Drehbuch
    • Herbert J. Biberman
    • Lillie Hayward
    • Irving Reis
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Anna May Wong
    • Akim Tamiroff
    • J. Carrol Naish
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    • Regie
      • Nick Grinde
    • Drehbuch
      • Herbert J. Biberman
      • Lillie Hayward
      • Irving Reis
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Anna May Wong
      • Akim Tamiroff
      • J. Carrol Naish
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  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
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    Anna May Wong
    Anna May Wong
    • Dr. Mary Ling
    Akim Tamiroff
    Akim Tamiroff
    • Frank Baturin
    J. Carrol Naish
    J. Carrol Naish
    • Professor
    Sidney Toler
    Sidney Toler
    • Dr. Chang Ling
    Philip Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    • Robert 'Bob' Li
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • Mike Gordon
    Bernadene Hayes
    Bernadene Hayes
    • Dolly Warren
    Roscoe Karns
    Roscoe Karns
    • 'Rip' Harrigan
    Ray Mayer
    • 'Potatoes', Chauffeur
    Richard Denning
    Richard Denning
    • Protective Association Henchman
    Archie Twitchell
    Archie Twitchell
    • Hospital Interne
    Eddie Marr
    Eddie Marr
    • Henchman Bert
    George Anderson
    • Detective
    Charles B. Wood
    • Henchman Red
    George Magrill
    George Magrill
    • Second Gangster
    Charles Trowbridge
    Charles Trowbridge
    • Dr. Jones
    Lily King
    • Chinese Woman
    Wong Chung
    Wong Chung
    • Chinese Man
    • Regie
      • Nick Grinde
    • Drehbuch
      • Herbert J. Biberman
      • Lillie Hayward
      • Irving Reis
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    4delibebek

    My first taste of Wong

    Before seeing this movie, I'd never heard of Anna May Wong, so seeing that a woman of Chinese extraction played a lead role in this movie in 1939 was a surprise. Seeing that she played the role without being shoehorned into a stereotype was even more of a surprise. Her English was like silk, but that was the most oriental thing about her voice. Her performance in this movie was serviceable, but it's understandable that she didn't cause more of a stir in Hollywood, regardless of ethnicity.

    In contrast to the racial authenticity of the leading lady, the same occidental actor who played Charlie Chan played her father, working hard to be something other than Charlie Chan but to still be the older Chinese American man. Somehow, during the course of this move, his off-pitch monotone reminded me of Dan Ayckroyd's Conehead skits. Plus, he got to deliver some of the strangest attempts to praise the Chinese identity within the American community: "We do not eat American food. I do not think many Chinese have heard of your great American dish, chop suey." While this is a nice try, it sounds pretty odd, considering that the producers couldn't put a real Chinese American actor into the part. At least they got an oriental, albeit a Korean-American to portray the younger man.

    Rounding out this multi-cultural cast is Armenian-Russian playing a Russian mafioso who operates in Chinatown. He's the king, but he eventually shows another side, thanks to the kindness Dr. Ling (Wong) shows to him. Of course, she has her own motives for the kindness, but it all makes sense eventually.

    During the first 30 minutes of the movie, it seems there are two stories moving independently. Only slowly do they begin to move together, and the handling of the points they overlap and intersect could have been the source of more character drama. As it is, they are too abruptly shoved against each other as some unseen clock ticks away expected run time.

    There's an interesting montage in the middle of the film, which doesn't further the story at all. I'm guessing that there was some gambling and extortion and someone was getting rich. This montage is interesting mainly for being a bit obtuse. As unreal as it seems, there was more story here than this movie could contain. I imagine they cut out some of the clues about what was really happening so that Ms. Wong could have more screen time. Maybe it was in her contract.

    Some things aren't quite explained, just mentioned. Dr. Ling dotes on her recovering patient so heavily, and we are left to wonder how a newspaper could stress a man so much after a gunshot wound, but still, she takes no chances. Pretty devoted for a surgeon who becomes a nursemaid (with an assistant nursemaid to boot).

    And then, the film wraps up. Yes, just like that. I think someone died in the end, but I really couldn't tell. Maybe it would be too stressful for us to know the truth about that.

    As I watch a movie like this, I try to imagine its potential. The story isn't a bad outline and I could definitely see Michelle Yeoh bringing more to the main role. Without massive changes, the story would still need to take place in the 30s, and ironically, I doubt current movie- goers would believe the Chinese-American female surgeon could exist in that era.
    7AlsExGal

    A B crime pic with very progressive values for the time

    Frank Baturin (Akim Tamiroff) is the "king of Chinatown", a benevolent gangster (!) who runs a lucrative gambling house in the area. Most of the neighborhood likes him, but aged herbalist Dr. Chang Ling (Sidney Toler) still thinks he's just a crook. When Baturin is shot in an assassination attempt, Ling's gifted surgeon daughter Mary (Anna May Wong) saves his life. The two become friends, but the violent underworld threatens to bring them all down,

    Running less than an hour long, this minor gangster effort could have been something special with a fleshed out script and some fine tuning. Seeing an Asian woman depicted as not only a medical doctor but a gifted surgeon was very unusual for the time, and Wong imbues her role with grace and dignity. Philip Ahn plays a lawyer, and his character is treated with respect, and there's no cringe-worthy racial stereotyping going on. You would think with Tamiroff, J. Carrol Naish, and Anthony Quinn in the cast that there wouldn't be a single piece of scenery left unchewed, but they keep the ham in check. Toler had already appeared as Charlie Chan once by this point, and he adds a long white beard to his standard Chinese characterization. The story gets resolved too neatly and too quickly, which is a shame as the film had a lot of potential.
    searchanddestroy-1

    Interesting and rare gem

    I did not know that Nick Grinde worked for Paramount Pictures, I thought he only was a director for Warner, concerning those B crime thrillers. That said, this little crime drama is pretty exciting with a female lead who behaves like a man, as we see so many times now, in 2020's. And Akim Tamiroff as a kingpin, a mob boss, is of course a cliché, as when we see John Wayne as a sheriff or a cowboy...His roles in such roles are numerous, countless, and the ending here is abit cheesy, if you compare with the rest of this plot. It could have been a bit grittier. Such a shame because this story was very promising.
    7boblipton

    Abdication

    Akim Tamiroff is King of Chinatown. At least, he's head of the gang that is currently setting up a protective agency, which everyone knows and no one says. Lawyer Philip Ahn asks him to use his 'influence' to protective loved pharmacist and herbalist Sidney Toler, whose daughter, Anna May Wong, is a newly minted doctor, about to head off to work for the Red Cross in China. Tamiroff is considering the impact, when a gang war catches him in the crossfire. He's wounded, and nursed privately by Miss Wong.

    It's a very interesting little programmer from Paramount that looks like it might have been planned at some stage for Josef von Sternberg, but its handling is far too conventional for Von. Tamiroff plays his usual tough mobster, but under the dignified ministrations of Miss Wong, he falls in love, and becomes more thoughtful. Meanwhile, his underlings, led by J. Carroll Naish and Anthony Quinn, take advantage of Tamiroff's absence to push him off.

    It's the conflict between these two threads that make the story, and that looks pretty standard. What is not standard is the redemption thread, which humanizes both the leads very nicely in interesting variations of their usual roles.
    8richardchatten

    Slick, Enjoyable Potboiler

    Sixty years ago America's hospitals were already staffed by East Asians, if Anna May Wong's skill with a scalpel is anything to go by; and she is supported by two future Charlie Chans in the form of well known Hollywood Eurasians Sidney Toler (resembling Tony Randall as Dr.Lao as her father) and J.Carroll Naish.

    Heaven knows what part of Europe or Latin America a young & suave Akim Tamiroff (actually Russian) is supposed to hail from in the title role as anti-hero Nick Baturin; but Zorba was mercifully many years in the future when Anthony Quinn was required simply to be smoothly villainous in a supporting role as an all-American gangster.

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      One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecast took place in Omaha Sunday 15 March 1959 on KETV (Channel 7); elsewhere, sponsor interest was minimal and so it was rarely taken off the shelf; it showed up in Milwaukee 6 February 1960 on WITI (Channel 6), in Los Angeles 11 November 1960 on KNXT (Channel 2), and in Cincinnati 27 November 1960 on WKRC (Channel 12).
    • Verbindungen
      Referenced in Anna May Wong, Frosted Yellow Willows: Her Life, Times and Legend (2007)

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      • 17. Juni 1939 (Deutschland)
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      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Kalifornien, USA(Studio)
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