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Thundergate
Thundergate

Thundergate

Genres

Drama

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Robert Wells is an American born in China who, unbeknownst to him, has an Oriental half-brother. Wells' uncle sends him to help Ray Williams build bridges in China. Williams is in league with Chinese reactionaries and he discredits Wells by turning him into a drug addict. Wells eventually becomes an outcast and is in a stupor when he is found by his half-brother, Kong Sue, the son of the Lord of Thundergate, a powerful Mandarin reactionary.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

70 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

15 October 1923

Country

United States of America

Cast

Owen Moore

Owen Moore

Robert Wells / Kong Sur

Virginia Brown Faire

Virginia Brown Faire

Ellen Ainsmith / Jen Jue

Edwin B. Tilton

Edwin B. Tilton

James Sanderson (as Edwin Booth Tilton)

Sylvia Breamer

Sylvia Breamer

Alberta Hayward

Robert McKim

Robert McKim

Ray Williams

Richard Cummings

Richard Cummings

Jim Davis

W.E. Dyer

W.E. Dyer

Mike

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall

Suen Tung

Tote Du Crow

Tote Du Crow

Yuen Kai

Ynez Seabury

Ynez Seabury

Mey Wang

Willie Fung

Willie Fung

Minor Role (uncredited)

Bernard Siegel

Bernard Siegel

Minor Role (uncredited)

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