Chinatown at Midnight
Behind-the-scenes story... as detectives trap killer inside San Francisco's Chinatown at Midnight!
1949 | 67m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Seymour Friedman |
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| Writer: | Frank Burt, Robert Libott |
| Staring: |
| A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 17, 1949 |
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| Director: | Seymour Friedman |
| Writer: | Frank Burt, Robert Libott |
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| Keywords | san francisco, california, fire escape, chinatown, vase, thief, b movie, boarding house, chinese, rooftop, machine gun, census taker, undercover operation, malaria, jumping from a rooftop, antique dealer, prescription medication, telephone switchboard operator, police procedural, learning chinese, rooftop chase |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 29, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Hurd Hatfield | Clifford Ward |
| Jean Willes | Alice |
| Tom Powers | Captain Howard Brown |
| Ray Walker | Sam Costa |
| Charles Russell | Fred Morgan |
| Jacqueline deWit | Lisa Marcel (as Jacqueline DeWit) |
| Maylia Fong | Hazel Fong |
| Byron Foulger | Greer Pharmacy Druggist |
| Ross Elliott | Eddie Marsh |
| Benson Fong | Joe Wing |
| Barbara Jean Wong | Betty Chang |
| Victor Sen Yung | Hotel Proprietor |
| Josephine Whittell | Mrs. Emily Dryden |
| Paul E. Burns | |
| Al Cantor | |
| Ottola Nesmith | Mrs. Langdon |
| Frank O'Connor | |
| Steve Pendleton | Policeman |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Henry Freulich | Director of Photography |
| Frank Burt | Screenplay |
| Robert Libott | Screenplay |
| Edwin H. Bryant | Editor |
| Seymour Friedman | Director |
| Homer Van Pelt | Still Photographer |
| Frank Tuttle | Set Decoration |
| Paul Palmentola | Art Direction |
| Ida Forgette | Hairstylist |
| Ray Sebastian | Makeup Artist |
| Herbert B. Leonard | Production Manager |
| Carter DeHaven Jr. | Assistant Director |
| J.S. Westmoreland | Sound |
| William P. Whitley | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
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| Sam Katzman | Producer |
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