The Hatchet Man
1932 film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. Made during the few years before strict enforcement of the Production Code, The Hatchet Man has elements that would not be allowed later, such as adultery, narcotics, and a somewhat graphic use of a flying hatchet.
The Hatchet Man | |
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Directed by | William A. Wellman |
Written by | J. Grubb Alexander Achmed Abdullah (play) David Belasco (play) |
Starring | Edward G. Robinson Loretta Young |
Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
Edited by | Owen Marks |
Music by | Bernhard Kaun |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 74 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $263,000[1] |
Box office | $742,000[1] |
The opening crawl reads: 'San Francisco's Chinatown 15 years ago (1917) had the largest Oriental population of any colony outside China. Its 40,000 yellow residents were divided into various political factions known as Tongs, each governed by a president and council. These various Tongs were almost constantly at war, so the office of “hatchet man” was one of special importance. The honorable title of “hatchet man” was passed from father to son by inheritance only, and it was he, with the aid of his sharp axe, who dispensed the justice of the great God Buddha...'