Drama · United States of America · 1923 · 1h 11m

Drifting

Drifting poster
Director
Tod Browning
Cast
Priscilla Dean as Cassie Cook / Lucille Preston Matt Moore as Capt. Arthur Davis Rose Dione as Madame Polly Voo Wallace Beery as Jules Repin J. Farrell MacDonald as Murphy Edna Tichenor as Molly Norton
Crew
William Fildew — Director of Photography Errol Taggart — Editor Tod Browning — Writer A.P. Younger — Writer
Synopsis

In Shanghai, an American girl who helps run an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.

Mood & Themes
drug smugglingshanghai, chinaopiumbased on play or musicalunrequited lovechineserevoltgovernment agentdrug ringstereotypepoppiespeasants
Key Collaborators
Tod Browning Director William Fildew Director of Photography Errol Taggart Editor Tod Browning Writer A.P. Younger Writer
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