Acting
Chester Gan
Born July 4, 1908 · Grass Valley, California, USA
Died June 29, 1959 · aged 50
No biography available.
Known For
The Maltese Falcon · 1941The Maltese Falcon
★ 7.71941
MovieMysteryCrime
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.
China Girl · 1942China Girl
★ 5.41942
MovieRomanceDrama
Two-fisted newsreel photographer Johnny Williams is stationed in Burma and China in the early stage of WW II. Captured by the Japanese, he escapes from a concentration camp with the aid of beautiful, enigmatic 'China Girl' Miss Young. The two arduously make their way back to friendly lines so that Johnny can deliver the vital military information he's managed to glean from his captors.
Wells Fargo · 1937Wells Fargo
★ 5.51937
MovieHistoryWestern
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
Secrets of the French Police · 1932Secrets of the French Police
★ 6.61932
MovieCrime
When a flower girl is kidnapped by a deranged White Russian, to impersonate the missing Princess Anastasia Romanoff while under his hypnotic spell, the French police attempt to solve the case with forensic method and the aide of a gentleman thief.
King of Chinatown · 1939King of Chinatown
★ 5.61939
MovieActionCrime
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
Crash Dive · 1943Crash Dive
★ 6.41943
MovieWarRomance
A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant raiders that are preying on Allied shipping. Its new executive officer, Lt. Ward Stewart, has been transferred back into submarines after commanding his own PT boat. At the submarine base in New London, Connecticut, he asks his new captain, Lt. Cmdr. Dewey Connors, for a weekend leave to settle his affairs before taking up his new assignment. On a train bound for Washington D.C., Stewart accidentally encounters New London school teacher Jean Hewlett and her students. Despite her initial resistance to his efforts, he charms her and they fall in love.
China Seas · 1935China Seas
★ 6.31935
MovieAdventureAction
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
Too Hot to Handle · 1938Too Hot to Handle
★ 6.01938
MovieComedyAdventure
While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.
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'Til We Meet Again · 1940'Til We Meet Again
★ 6.41940
MovieRomanceDrama
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Hong Kong Policeman (uncredited)
The Get-Away · 1941The Get-Away
★ 6.01941
MovieCrime
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
Sam, Black's Butler
Singapore Woman · 1941Singapore Woman
★ 7.21941
MovieDrama
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
Waiter at Crow's Nest (uncredited)












