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Daughter of the Tong

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Director
  
Raymond K. Johnson

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.2/10
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Genre
  
Action, Crime, Film-Noir

Country
  
United States

Daughter of the Tong movie poster

Release date
  
August 28, 1939 (1939-08-28)

Writer
  
George H. Plympton (story), Alan Merritt (continuity)

Daughter of the Tong is a 1939 crime film about a detective that goes against a female leader of an Oriental crime ring.

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Plot

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Ralph Dickson is an FBI agent assigned to investigate the killing of a colleague. He is chosen to investigate due to an uncanny likeness to the presumed killer. Dickson goes undercover and learns the identity of the gang leader, Carney, who is also known as "the Illustrious One" and the "Daughter of the Tong." Carney stays holed up at the Oriental Hotel while she has her henchmen doing her dirty work.

Cast

  • Evelyn Brent as Carney - The Illustrious One
  • Grant Withers as Ralph Dickson
  • Dorothy Short as Marion Morgan
  • Dave O'Brien as Jerry Morgan
  • Richard Loo as Wong, the hotel clerk
  • Dirk Thane as Henchman Ward
  • Harry Harvey as Harold 'Mugsy' Winthrop
  • Budd Buster as 'Lefty' McMillan
  • Robert Frazer as FBI Chief Williams
  • Hal Taliaferro as FBI Agent Lawson

    • Distributors

  • Times Exchange (1939) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (VHS)
  • Alpha Video Distributors (June 28, 2005) (USA) (DVD)
  • Mill Creek Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
  • Reel Media International (2007) (non-USA) (all media)

    • References

    Daughter of the Tong Wikipedia
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    Daughter of the Tong IMDb Daughter of the Tong themoviedb.org


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