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Confessions of an Opium Eater
Confessions of an Opium Eater

Confessions of an Opium Eater

Take one daring step beyond the threshold of your own imagination.

Genres

DramaCrime

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Vincent Price stars in this early '60s adaptation of Thomas De Quincey's thriller about an opium addict trying to solve a mystery in San Francisco's Chinatown.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

20 June 1962

Country

United States of America

Cast

Vincent Price

Vincent Price

Gilbert De Quincey

Linda Ho

Linda Ho

Ruby Low

Richard Loo

Richard Loo

George Wah

June Kyoto Lu

June Kyoto Lu

Lotus

Philip Ahn

Philip Ahn

Ching Foon

Yvonne Moray

Yvonne Moray

Sing-song girl

Terence de Marney

Terence de Marney

Scrawny man

John Fujioka

John Fujioka

Auctioneer

Angelo Rossitto

Angelo Rossitto

Newspaper Boy

Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

Wing Young

Geri Hoo

Geri Hoo

Second Dancing Girl

Gerald Jann

Gerald Jann

Fat Chinese

Vivianne Manku

Vivianne Manku

Catatonic Girl

Miel Saan

Miel Saan

Look Gow

Nobuko Miyamoto

Nobuko Miyamoto

First Dancing Girl

Alicia Li

Alicia Li

Ping Toy

Ralph Ahn

Ralph Ahn

Wah Chan

Caroline Barrett

Caroline Barrett

Lo Tsen

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