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) NERFINISHED
basedOnWorkAuthor Achmed Abdullah NERFINISHED
Harold Buckley NERFINISHED
castMember Dudley Digges NERFINISHED
E. Alyn Warren NERFINISHED
Edmund Breese NERFINISHED
Edward G. Robinson NERFINISHED
J. Carrol Naish NERFINISHED
Leslie Fenton NERFINISHED
Loretta Young NERFINISHED
Russell Hopton NERFINISHED
Tully Marshall NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Sidney Hickox NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
dialogueLanguage English
director William A. Wellman NERFINISHED
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Owen Marks NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
leadActress Loretta Young NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Toy Loy NERFINISHED
Wong Low Get NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
producer Hal B. Wallis
productionCompany Warner Bros. NERFINISHED
releaseDate 1932-02-20
releaseYear 1932
runtimeMinutes 74
screenwriter John Francis Larkin NERFINISHED
Jules Furthman NERFINISHED
settingLocation Chinatown, San Francisco NERFINISHED
San Francisco NERFINISHED

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Francis Edward Faragoh workedOn The Hatchet Man