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Director
  
Albert Zugsmith

Music director
  
Albert Glasser

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama

Cinematography
  
Joseph F. Biroc

Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
1962

Writer
  
Robert Hill, Thomas De Quincey (book)

Cast
  
Vincent Price
(Gilbert De Quincey),
Linda Ho
,
Richard Loo
(George Wah),
June Kim
,
Philip Ahn

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Tagline
  
Take one daring step beyond the threshold of your own imagination.

Confessions of an Opium Eater is a 1962 American crime film produced and directed by Albert Zugsmith. It is loosely based on the 1822 autobiographical novel, Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, by Thomas De Quincey. After circulating for years as a bootleg, it was released on DVD as part of the Warner Archive Collection in 2012.

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The film was something of a departure for Price; the prolific actor never performed another role that involved so much physical action.

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Plot

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This film stars Vincent Price as Gilbert de Quincey, a nineteenth-century adventurer who becomes involved in a tong war in San Francisco. Price also narrated the film.

Cast

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  • Vincent Price - Gilbert De Quincey
  • Linda Ho - Ruby Low
  • Richard Loo - George Wah
  • June Kyoto Lu - Lotus (as June Kim)
  • Philip Ahn - Ching Foon
  • Yvonne Moray - Child
  • Caroline Kido - Lo Tsen
  • Terence De Marney - Scrawny Man
  • Geri Hoo - 2nd Dancing Girl
  • Gerald Jann - Fat Chinese
  • Vivianne Mankie - Catatonic Girl

    • Additional information

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    This film was also released as:

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  • Evils of Chinatown - UK
  • L'Orient érotique - Belgium (French title)
  • Le confessioni di un fumatore d'oppio - Italy
  • Les confessions d'un mangeur d'opium - France
  • O Fumador de Ópio - Portugal (imdb display title)
  • Souls for Sale - USA (reissue title)
  • Fumadores de Opio - Mexico

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