Poster for the movie Shadows of the Orient

Shadows of the Orient (1935)

Lackluster tale of the smuggling of illegal aliens into the United States by air has Regis Toomey as the main investigator, the reliable J. Farrell MacDonald as another lawman, Esther Ralston as a bored young rich woman caught up with the gang behind the crimes, and Sidney Blackmer as a slick crook fascinated by the Orient. After a rather shocking opening, the movie moves along at a modest pace, with no real surprises.

  Not recommended. Otto thinks you should avoid this movie unless you are a completist fan of one of the performers or of the genre.

Movie 334 for 2021.

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