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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