Edward G. Robinson
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United States. Language. English. Budget. $263,000 [1] Box office. $742,000 [1] The Hatchet Man (1932) is a pre-Code film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Edward G. Robinson. Warner Bros. had purchased the David Belasco / Achmed Abdullah play The Honorable Mr. Wong about the Tong gang wars.
- $742,000
- Bernhard Kaun
- $263,000
The Hatchet Man: Directed by William A. Wellman. With Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Dudley Digges, Leslie Fenton. A hatchet man is ordered to kill his close friend for the sake of Tong.
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- Crime, Drama
- William A. Wellman
- 1932-02-06
Synopsis. In the early part of the twentieth century, Wong Low Get, the hatchet man for the Lem Sing Tong in San Francisco, is responsible for dispatching justice with the stroke of his hatchet. When a Tong war erupts, he is ordered to kill his best friend, Sun Yat Ming.
- William A. Wellman
- Edward G. Robinson
Sep 20, 2015 · We begin in San Francisco’s Chinatown in 1917. One Tong–a Chinese gang– is mourning the loss of a comrade. They call upon their hatchet man, Wong Low Get, to assassinate the killer; he finds to his dismay, however, that the man who he’s been assigned to kill is his best friend.
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The Hatchet Man. Top assassin Wong Low Get (Edward G. Robinson) hears word that he must end the life of his longtime confidant, Sun Yat Ming (J. Carroll Naish). In his last moments of life,...
- Crime, Drama
Wong Low Get (Edward G. Robinson), a hatchet man for a San Francisco Tong, is ordered to kill his childhood friend Sun Yat Ming (J. Carrol Naish). The Hatchet Man is a film that shouldn't work, but does. The film packs a lot of plot into 74 minutes, and William Wellman's direction is excellent.
