I Cover Chinatown

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I Cover Chinatown
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Directed by Norman Foster
Written by Harry Hamilton
Produced by Fenn Kimball
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Cinematography
Edited by Carl Pierson
Music by Abe Meyer
Production
company
Banner Pictures
Distributed byCommodore Pictures
Release date
  • October 1, 1936 (1936-10-01)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

I Cover Chinatown is a 1936 American crime film directed by Norman Foster and starring Foster, Elaine Shepard and Theodore von Eltz. [1] A San Francisco Chinatown tour guide gets mixed up with a murder. It was Foster's debut as a director and one of his final appearances as an actor.

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  1. Pitts p.130

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