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A Griffith masterpiece! Frustrated in his desire to bring the gentle teachings of Buddha to the tough denizens of London's Limehouse slums, a disillusioned young Chinese man (Richard Barthelmess), loses himself in the reveries of opium mists until the plight of a young waif (Lillian Gish) startles him back to reality. He befriends and protects her, but when her pugilist father (Donald Crisp) beats her to death, the kimonoed Chinese man murders him, and carries her broken body back to his apartments where he commits suicide at the foot of his Buddhist altar.
Original Release
10/14/1919
US Release
10/20/1919
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lillian Gish | Lucy Burrows / Lucy - The Girl |
Richard Barthelmess | Cheng Huan / Cheng Huan - The Yellow Man |
Donald Crisp | Battling Burrows |
Arthur Howard | Burrows' Manager / Battling Burrows' Manager |
Edward Peil Sr. | Evil Eye |
George Beranger | The Spying One |
Norman Selby | A Prizefighter |
Ernest Butterworth | Secondary Role |
Fred Hamer | Secondary Role |
Wilbur Higby | London Policeman |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Lillian Gish | Lucy Burrows / Lucy - The Girl |
Richard Barthelmess | Cheng Huan / Cheng Huan - The Yellow Man |
Donald Crisp | Battling Burrows |
Arthur Howard | Burrows' Manager / Battling Burrows' Manager |
Edward Peil Sr. | Evil Eye |
George Beranger | The Spying One |
Norman Selby | A Prizefighter |
Ernest Butterworth | Secondary Role |
Fred Hamer | Secondary Role |
Wilbur Higby | London Policeman |
Man-Ching Kwan | Buddhist Monk |
Bobbie Mack | Ringside Employee |
Steve Murphy | Fight Spectator |
George Nichols | Police Constable |
Karla Schramm | Burrows' Girlfriend |
Laura G. Chirinos | Girl in China |
Producers
Name | Role |
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D.W. Griffith | Producer |