The Yellow Claw

Crime
8

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.

Cast

Sydney Seaward
Inspector Dunbar
Arthur M. Cullin
Dr. Cumberley
Harvey Braban
Gaston Max
Annie Esmond
Denise Ryland
Norman Page
Soames
Kitty Fielder
Lady of the Poppies
Kiyoshi Takase
Ho-Pin
A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons
Henry Leroux
Mary Massart
Helen Cumberley
Cyril Percival
John Howard Edel
Ivy King
Mrs. Leroux
June Tripp
Mrs. Vernon
Eric Albury
Gianopolis
Geoffrey Benstead
Sowerby

Crew

René Plaissetty
Director
Sax Rohmer
Writer
Gerard Fort Buckle
Writer
Jack E. Cox
Cinematography
Oswald Stoll
Producer

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