The Hatchet Man

The Hatchet Man

1932 | 1h 13m | Drama, Crime | TV-14

Brief Synopsis

When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

William A. Wellman

CAST

Edward G. Robinson

Loretta Young

Dudley Digges

Leslie Fenton

PRODUCERS

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WRITERS

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Related Videos

Hatchet Man, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Tong War Flag
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Archaic graphic language but impressive events in the opening of William A. Wellman's San Francisco Tong War drama The Hatchet Man, 1932, starring Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young and J. Carroll Naish.
Hatchet Man, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) That Old Relic
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Toya (Loretta Young) and Wong (Edward G. Robinson) are about to get married when signs of an old-fashioned Chinese Tong war break out in San Francisco, in William A. Wellman's The Hatchet Man, 1932.
Hatchet Man, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Find Someone Else!
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To his everlasting credit, Edward G. Robinson (as "Wong") does not attempt an accent, when confronted in his first scene with an awful order from his Tong boss (Dudley Digges) in William A. Wellman's The Hatchet Man, 1932.
Hatchet Man, The - (Original Trailer)
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When he's forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man's daughter in The Hatchet Man (1932), a pre-Code melodrama directed by William Wellman and starring Edward G. Robinson.

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