Starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harvey
Stephens, Anthony Quinn, Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Hedda Hopper
Directed by Robert Florey

Print: black/white
Runtime: 70 min.
Genre: drama
Print Quality: B

Racketeer Steve Recka (Akim Tamiroff), art patron and political
power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying (Anna May Wong), his
beautiful Oriental friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand.
He meets Margaret Van Kase (Gail Patrick), a socialite not impressed by
his power nor his wealth, having no money herself, and Steve makes
frantic efforts to win her and turns away from the loyal Lin Yang. Margaret
ignores him as she plans to wed Philip Easton (Harvey Stephens), a
penniless bond salesman. The furious Recka, poses as a friend to Easton,
while planning to ruin him. His henchmen kidnap Easton when he is
carrying a large assignment of bonds, and he is branded as a runaway
thief. The only doubters are Margaret and Police Inspector Brandon
(Lloyd Nolan), who knows Recka's methods and suspects foul play. Easton
is found in an abandoned house and arrested as the gangsters have
taken the bonds and tipped the police where to find him. Recka offers to
clear Easton if Margaret will become his bride and, while her hatred for
Recka is intense, her love for Easton is greater and she consents. Recka,
however, has reckoned without Lan Ying.