The Hatchet Man

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The Hatchet Man is a 1932 pre-Code Hollywood crime drama film notable for its portrayal of gang rivalries within San Francisco’s Chinatown.

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instanceOf crime drama film
film
pre-Code film
basedOn The Hatchet Man (play)
basedOnWorkAuthor Achmed Abdullah
Harold Buckley
castMember Dudley Digges
E. Alyn Warren
Edmund Breese
Edward G. Robinson
J. Carrol Naish
Leslie Fenton
Loretta Young
Russell Hopton
Tully Marshall
cinematographyBy Sidney Hickox
countryOfOrigin United States
dialogueLanguage English
director William A. Wellman NERFINISHED
distributor Warner Bros.
editedBy Owen Marks
filmEra pre-Code Hollywood
filmFormat black-and-white film
genre crime film
drama film
gangster film
hasFilmRatingEra pre-Motion Picture Production Code enforcement
hasTheme betrayal
loyalty
organized crime
leadActor Edward G. Robinson
leadActress Loretta Young
mainCharacter Toy Loy
Wong Low Get
musicBy Bernhard Kaun NERFINISHED
narrativeFocus Chinese-American tongs
gang rivalries
notableFor portrayal of gang rivalries in San Francisco’s Chinatown
originalLanguage English
portrayedBy Edward G. Robinson
producer Hal B. Wallis
productionCompany Warner Bros.
releaseDate 1932-02-20
releaseYear 1932
runtimeMinutes 74
screenwriter John Francis Larkin
linked to: John Larkin

Jules Furthman
settingLocation Chinatown, San Francisco
San Francisco

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