Movie: The City of Dim Faces

Top 9 Billed Cast

Sessue Hayakawa
Sessue Hayakawa

Jang Lung

Doris Pawn
Doris Pawn

Marcell Matthews

Marin Sais
Marin Sais

Elizabeth Mendall

James Cruze
James Cruze

Wing Lung

Winter Hall
Winter Hall

Brand Matthews

Togo Yamamoto
Togo Yamamoto

Foo Sing

James Wang
James Wang

Luk Tim Eli

George King
George King

Lee Willie

Larry Steers
Larry Steers

Ben Walton

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    Chinese merchant Wing Lung and Elizabeth Mendall, an American, marry and have a son named Jang Lung. Because Elizabeth wants Jang Lung to be raised as a Christian, Wing Lung locks her in the cellar and she becomes insane. Jang meets Marcell Matthews at an Eastern university, and she returns with him to San Francisco to be married.

  • Release Date

    1918-07-15

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    3.3

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