Inspector Sheridan (Robert Loraine) has them both under a watchful eye. Toni's stepfather Pug (malicious Montagu Love) is Harry's chief rival on the docks. Parker is not for an instant plausibly British, becoming the biggest hurdle in suspending disbelief. He is closely in tune with his Asian culture, but that is shaken when white chippy Toni (Jean Parker) with xenophobic tendencies comes into his life. Harry owns and even performs in a Limehouse nightclub with Tu Tuan (sultry Anna May Wong). Whether Harry Young's wardrobe is of English or Chinese make, it is impeccable in every scene and seems to be part of the storytelling. Oddly, Raft needed little makeup to believably play half-Chinese. George Raft plays Harry Young, an upstart crime boss of mixed heritage (one character calls him a "half-and-half"), who has infiltrated Limehouse from New York. Director Alexander Hall and cinematographer Harry Fischbeck maintain a consistent aura throughout, making this film as brief and surprisingly good as a potsticker. Drawing its title from the 1922 jazz standard, "Limehouse Blues" is a fast-paced, moody mix of crime and infatuation in a seedy London district.
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