Red Pearls

Red Pearls

1930 · 73 min · ★ 9.0 · Drama, Crime

A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.

Directed by Walter Forde · Written by H. Fowler Mear

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