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The Tong Man (1919)

1919 · Silent film · 21 min · dir. William Worthington

  • Drama
  • Crime

Synopsis

In San Francisco's Chinatown, the Bo Sing Tong are a secret society, shaking down merchants, running opium, committing murder. Ming Tai is their boss and a dirty old man; Luk Chan is their enforcer, in love with Sen Chee, the daughter of Louis Toy, a merchant whose bazaar is a front for the opium trade. The Bo Sing want money from Toy; he refuses to pay. They send Luk to kill him. Meanwhile, Ming has designs on Sen Chee and tries to make a deal with Toy: Toy's life in exchange for Sen Chee's…

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Details

Director
William Worthington
Writer
Clyde Westover
Cinematography
Frank D. Williams
Studio
Haworth Pictures Corporation
Released
1919-12-14
Running time
21 minutes

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