Fifty Candles

Overview

Sentenced to be deported from Hawaii, Hung Chin Chung pledges twenty years of service to Henry Drew to escape the certain death that awaits him in China. Rage at his humiliation and inability to marry as a free man smolders in him throughout his servitude, near the end of which he sails to San Francisco with the Drew family. Also on board is Ralph Coolidge, who tries to retrieve from Drew his share of their gold mine, and who loves Drew's secretary, Mary-Will Tellfair. Shortly after their arrival, Henry Drew is murdered; suspicion falls on Ralph, the owner of the murder weapon, a curious Chinese dagger; but subsequent events lead Hung Chin Chung to confess to the crime.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 11, 1921

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Irvin V. Willat Productions

Cast

Wade Boteler,Edmund Burns,George Webb,William A. Carroll,Marjorie Daw,Bertram Grassby,Ruth King

Director

Irvin Willat

Writer

H. Thompson Rich,L.V. Jefferson,Earl Derr Biggers

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0012160