Top billed cast

1. 

   Emlyn Williams

   Chen Huan

2. 

   Dolly Haas

   Lucy Burrows

3. 

   Arthur Margetson

   Battling Burrows

4. 

   Gibb McLaughlin

   Evil Eye

5. 

   C. V. France

   High Priest

6. 

   Basil Radford

   Mr. Reed

7. 

   Edith Sharpe

   Mrs. Reed

8. 

   Ernest Jay

   Alf

9. 

   Bertha Belmore

   Daisy

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-19

I have only recently seen the original silent version of this film from 1919, and although this certainly lacks the intensity of that Lillian Gish/Richard Barthelmess adaptation, it is still an engaging film to watch with a really effective last fifteen minutes. The story of "Chen" (Emlyn Williams), a peace loving Buddhist who comes from China to London bearing his gifts of spirituality and kindness. Needless to say, he is met with cynicism amongst the bigoted and hard-nosed East Londoners and has his work cut out. "Lucy" (Dolly Haas) lives with her brute of a father "Burrows" (Arthur Margetso...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• remake
• racism