The Yellow Claw (1921)
January 13, 1921Release Date
Plot.
A frightened woman is murdered in the London apartment of a well-known novelist named Henry Leroux. The police arrest Leroux's butler, but he escapes and runs off to a mysterious opium den, the lair of a drug dealer named Mister King. Gaston Max, a detective from Paris, arrives in London to investigate the drug trafficking. Although the police take down the gang, Mr. King escapes and manages to keep his true identity a secret.
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Cast & Crew.
Arthur M. Cullin
Dr. Cumberley
Kitty Fielder
Lady of the Poppies
Norman Page
Soames
Annie Esmond
Denise Ryland
Harvey Braban
Gaston Max
Sydney Seaward
Inspector Dunbar
René Plaissetty
Director
Gerard Fort Buckle
Writer
Sax Rohmer
Writer
Mary Massart
Helen Cumberley
Oswald Stoll
Producer
Kiyoshi Takase
Ho-Pin
Cyril Percival
John Howard Edel
A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons
Henry Leroux
Ivy King
Mrs. Leroux
June Tripp
Mrs. Vernon
Details.
Wiki.
The Yellow Claw is a 1921 British silent crime film directed by René Plaissetty and starring Sydney Seaward, Arthur M. Cullin and Harvey Braban. The film was shot partly at Cricklewood Studios and ran 68 minutes. It was based on the 1915 novel The Yellow Claw by Sax Rohmer, in which a French detective battles a notorious master criminal named Mr. King.