Chinatown at Midnight (1949)

Directors

Seymour Friedman

Cast

Benson Fong, Charles Russell, Hurd Hatfield, Jacqueline deWit, Jean Willes, Ray Walker, Ross Elliott, Tom Powers, Victor Sen Yung

The story

After a jade vase is mentioned to him by Lisa Marcel, an interior designer, Clifford Ward steals it from a Chinatown shop. He shoots and kills shopkeeper Joe Wong, who triggered the burglar alarm, and when employee Betty Chang telephones for help, Ward shoots her as well. Ward, fluent in Chinese, speaks to the police on the phone.

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