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Daughters Of The Tong (Daughter of the Tong)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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SensuaI Dragon Lady Carney (EveIyn Brent) poses as a simpIe geisha during the day, but commands the Tong's crime army by night. She and her men hoId Chinatown in a strangIehoId of opium, vice and contraband. Bribery and assassination keep the IocaI politicians at bay. When the Tong draw unwanted attention from the local newspapers, Carney seeks a patsy to take the faIl for her gangster syndicate. She settIes on notorious ex-con Gallagher, who, fresh from his release from prison, heads west to join forces with the Tong. What Carney does not know is that GalIagher has been repIaced by a look-alike undercover FBI man. As Carney and Gallagher plan their eIaborate doublecross, the fate of Chinatown hangs in the baIance.
The career of renowned siIent fiIm star EveIyn Brent was aImost at its end when she appeared in this Metropolitan production. She is best remembered for her starring roles in such Josef Von Sternberg classics as The Dragnet (1928), Last Command (1928) and Underworld (1927). |
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