Secrets of Chinatown(1935)
Private detective Donegal Dawn is summoned by the police commissioner to solve the reasons for a crime wave in Chinatown.
Movie: Secrets of Chinatown
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Robert Rand
Zenobia
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Private detective Donegal Dawn is summoned by the police commissioner to solve the reasons for a crime wave in Chinatown.
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1935-02-20
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