The read
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes80%
Metacritic89/100
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
35 audience votes
Key crew
- E.A. DupontDirector
- Arnold BennettScreenplay
- Harry GordonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gilda GrayMabel Greenfield
- Anna May WongShosho
- Jameson ThomasValentine Wilmot
- Charles LaughtonA Continental Visitor
- Cyril RitchardVictor Smiles
- King Hou ChangJim
- Hannah JonesBessie
- Gordon BeggCoroner
- Harry TerryPublican
- Debroy SomersBand Leader at the Piccadilly Club
- Vi KaleyWoman in Bar (uncredited)
- John LongdenMan from China (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
jealousylove trianglenightclubchinese womantrialmurderchinesesilent filmnightclub ownerasian womannightclub performerother woman