Roar of the Dragon

Plot

Richard Dix stars as a heroic riverboat captain in this lurid action-melodrama produced under the aegis of David O. Selznick. Trapped at a hotel in a Mandarin town under siege, a group of Occidentals turn to alcoholic riverboat captain Chauncey Carson (Dix) for help. Among the besieged are Helen (Arline Judge), an American entertainer; her admirer, Busby (Edward Everett Horton); a German doctor (William Orlamond); Carson's cowardly boss, Johnson (Dudley Digges); and Natascha (Gwili Andre), a Russian whom everybody takes for a spy. Carson, who has a long history with Voronsky (C. Henry Gordon) and his Tartar bandits, manages to keep the attackers at bay while at the same time romances the mysterious Natascha, who is no spy after all. A machine gun manned by a self-sacrificing Busby eventually decides the outcome in favor of the westerners, who manage to escape on Carson's riverboat. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi

Cast

• Richard Dix - Carson
• Gwili Andre - Natascha
• Edward Everett Horton - Busby
• Arline Judge - Helen
• ZaSu Pitts - Gabby Tourist

Arthur Stone - Sholen; William Orlamond - Dr. Prausnitz; Dudley Digges - Johnson; Henry C. Gordon - Voronsky; Toshia Mori; Will Stanton; James Wang

Credit

Wesley Ruggles - Director, Willaim Hamilton - Editor, Max Steiner - Composer (Music Score), Edward J. Cronjager - Cinematographer, William Le Baron - Producer, Merian C. Cooper - Screen Story, Howard Estabrook - Screenwriter, George Kibbe Turner - Book Author, George Kibbe Turner - Short Story Author, Jane Bigelow - Short Story Author

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