Movies / The Saphead (1920)

7/10

Runtime: 77 min

Genres: Comedy

Languages:

Countries: USA


Billy Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawson wants to run a legitimate trade, but Billy craves the power that comes with leadership among the cities gangster underground.


Directors (2) Credit
Herbert Blaché ...
Winchell Smith ...
Writers (4) Credit
Bronson Howard original play "The Henrietta"
June Mathis scenario
Victor Mapes play "The New Henrietta"
Winchell Smith play "The New Henrietta"
Composers (1) Credit
Robert Israel (1995)
Cinematographers (1) Credit
Harold Wenstrom ...
Actors (15) Credit
Alfred Hollingsworth Hathaway (uncredited)
Beulah Booker Agnes Gates
Buster Keaton Bertie Van Alstyne
Carol Holloway Rose Turner
Edward Alexander Watson Flint
Edward Connelly Mr. Musgrave
Edward Jobson Reverend Murray Hilton
Helen Holte Henrietta Reynolds (uncredited)
Henry Clauss Valet (uncredited)
Irving Cummings Mark Turner
Jack Livingston Dr. George Wainright
Jeffrey Williams Hutchins (uncredited)
Katherine Albert Hattie (uncredited)
Odette Taylor Mrs. Cornelia Opdyke
William H. Crane Nicholas Van Alstyne