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Budget. $165,000 [1] Island of Lost Men is a 1939 American crime film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Anna May Wong and J. Carrol Naish. It tells the story of the daughter of a general who goes to look for her father after he disappears. The film received mixed reviews and was the last that Wong made for Paramount Pictures .
Island of Lost Men: Directed by Kurt Neumann. With Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish, Eric Blore, Ernest Truex. A Chinese general, who disappeared in the Malaysian jungles with stolen government funds, is sought by his cabaret-singing daughter who wants to clear his name.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Kurt Neumann
- 1939-08-16
Rated: B Apr 25, 2020 Full Review James T. Hamada The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu) The Island of Lost Men, to be frank about it, is simply a gangster flicker transferred to the Malay jungles.
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- Anna May Wong, J. Carrol Naish, Anthony Quinn
- Kurt Neumann
- Mystery & Thriller
An altered remake of 1933's "White Woman," finds cabaret-singer Kim Ling, daughter of a Chinese general who has been accused of absconding with government funds, arriving in the Straits Settlement. There, she meets Gregory Prin, a half-caste gun-runner and head of a jungle empire where he treats the Malaysians ruthlessly.
Island of Lost Men is a 1939 American crime film directed by Kurt Neumann and starring Anna May Wong and J. Carrol Naish. It tells the story of the daughter of a general who goes to look for her father after he disappears. The film received mixed reviews and was the last that Wong made for Paramount Pictures. Island of Lost Men.
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Based on a play by Frank Butler and Norman Reilly Raine, and directed by Kurt Neumann, who became known for science fiction films in the 1950’s, the film stars Wong as Kim Ling, a Singaporean woman whose father, a Chinese general, is accused of embezzlement and kidnapped by madman Gregory Prin (an entertaining but somewhat cartoonish J ...
Based on the play Hangman's Whip by Norman Reilly Raine and Frank Butler (New York, 24 Feb 1933).
