Daughter of the Dragon
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A dark, pre-code crime thriller built on family curse and vengeance, where a woman caught between filial duty and romantic attraction navigates murder, torture, and moral ambiguity.
At her Chinese father's bidding, a woman goes to murder an enemy and meets a Scotland Yard detective.
Essence
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Anna May Wong
Ling Moy
Warner Oland
Fu Manchu
Sessue Hayakawa
Ah Kee
Bramwell Fletcher
Ronald Petrie
Frances Dade
Joan Marshall
Holmes Herbert
Sir John Petrie
Lawrence Grant
Sir Basil Courtney
Harold Minjir
Rogers
Nicholas Soussanin
Morloff
E. Alyn Warren
Lu Chung
Oie Chan
Amah (uncredited)
Wong Chung
Henchman (uncredited)
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