Saturday, December 4, 2010

West of Shanghai (1937)


Directed by John Farrow
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

This is essentially a "western" set in lawless China. A group of wealthy oil prospectors tangle with the Chinese military and local thug Boris Karloff in heavy make-up. Karloff plays a Hitler-like dictator, lusting after the women, stealing money and deciding who lives and dies. He gets his just reward in the end, just like the moviegoers of the time wish they could do to Hitler.

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