List of the best Chester Gan movies: Moontide(1942), Shadows Over Shanghai(1938), The Get-Away(1941), The Mystery of Mr. Wong(1939), The Carson City Kid(1940), Passage From Hong Kong(1941), Flying Tigers(1942), Rawhide Rangers(1941), The Sea Spoilers(1936), The Good Earth(1937), China(1943) ... ...
Drama
USA
1942
94 Minutes
Henry Hirota
Jean Gabin Ida Lupino Thomas Mitchell Claude Rains Helene Reynolds Ralph Byrd Chester Gan Arthur Aylesworth Arthur Hohl William Halligan Victor Sen Yung
longshoreman waitress friend doctor reverend bartender dark brooding gripping barge bar san pablo, calif. betrayal jealousy murder accident suicide attempt alcoholism mystery love
In California, Bobo and his mooching 'pal' Tiny are doing odd jobs and getting drunk and they hide a secret about the unsolved murder of sailor Pop Kelly but suicidal waitress Anna, saved by Bobo, unravels the mystery.
Drama
USA
1938
66 Minutes
Lun Sat Li
James Dunn Ralph Morgan Linda Gray Robert Barrat Paul Sutton Edward Woods Edwin Mordant Chester Gan Victor Wong
A pilot carrying a valuable amulet is shot down over China by a ruthless Russian agent, who also wants the amulet.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
89 Minutes
Sam
Robert Sterling Donna Reed Charles Winninger Henry O'Neill Dan Dailey Don Douglas Ernest Whitman Grant Withers Chester Gan Charles Wagenheim Guy Kingsford
sister fbi agent convict criminal doctor beautiful woman thrilling gritty chicago headquarters hideout prison train station illinois bank robbery undercover operations jailbreak moral dilemma assumed identity deception
A G-man is sent to prison to befriend a suspected robbery ringleader and then helps him break out to gain his confidence.
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
68 Minutes
Sing
Boris Karloff Grant Withers Dorothy Tree Craig Reynolds Lotus Long Morgan Wallace Holmes Herbert Ivan Lebedeff Hooper Atchley Chester Gan
detective art collector secretary wife russian lawyer dark suspenseful china san francisco household estate office jewelry theft murder investigation false accusations romantic dilemma mystery rivalry
Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Daugther of The Moon."
Western
USA
1940
54 Minutes
George "Gabby" Hayes Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Pauline Moore Francis Macdonald Hal Taliaferro Arthur Loft George Rosener Chester Gan
gunslinger outlaw prospector saloon owner singer melodramatic thrilling wild west saloon small town sheriff's office investigation undercover operations murder mistaken identity love triangle adventure pursuit 19th century
Roy is a bandit who is out to get the man who killed his younger brother. He learns as he rides into the town of Sonora that the man is the owner of the local saloon and gambling hall.
Comedy
1941
61 Minutes
Lucille Fairbanks Keith Douglas Paul Cavanagh Richard Ainley Marjorie Gateson Gloria Holden Lumsden Hare Tom Stevenson Boyd Irwin Chester Gan
To woo a woman (Lucille Fairbanks), a crime writer (Keith Douglas) concocts a story involving himself in a murder.
War
USA
1942
102 Minutes
John Wayne John Carroll Anna Lee Paul Kelly Gordon Jones Mae Clarke Addison Richards Edmund MacDonald Bill Shirley Tom Neal Chester Gan
mercenary pilot hero enemy thrilling china military base airplane hangar airplane war battle air raids invasion china quest sacrifice 1930s
Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American mercenary fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot.
Western
USA
1941
56 Minutes
Johnny Mack Brown Fuzzy Knight Kathryn Adams Nell O'Day Roy Harris Harry Cording Alan Bridge Frank Shannon Ed Cassidy Bob Kortman Chester Gan
One of the most recycled plots of the B-western genre in which a friend/brother of a lawman/Ranger/Mountie is killed by a gang of outlaws, and the lawman/Ranger/Mountie quits his job (as a ... See full summary »
Adventure
1936
63 Minutes
John Wayne Nan Grey William Blakewell Fuzzy Knight Russell Hicks George Irving Lotus Long Harry Worth Ernest Hilliard George Humbert Ethan Laidlaw
Drama
USA
1937
138 Minutes
Paul Muni Luise Rainer Walter Connolly Tilly Losch Charley Grapewin Jessie Ralph Soo Yong Keye Luke Roland Lui Ching Wah Lee Harold Huber
farmer wife pretty woman son emotional melodramatic china farm farming family poverty aspirations marriage love triangle transformation love sacrifice 1930s
Although married Chinese farmers Wang and O-Lan initially experience success, their lives are complicated by declining fortunes and lean times, as well as the arrival of the beautiful young Lotus.
War
1943
79 Minutes
Loretta Young Alan Ladd William Bendix Philip Ahn Iris Wong Victor Sen Yung Marianne Quon Jessie Tai Sing Richard Loo Irene Tso Ching Wah Lee
A war profiteer (Alan Ladd) and his buddy (William Bendix) protect a U.S. teacher (Loretta Young), her Chinese schoolgirls and a baby from the Japanese.