The Wife of General Ling (Original title)
Date: 1937 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ladislao Vajda
Synopsis: A secret agent, after the murder of a loyal Chinese, is helped by the European wife of a merchant to expose him as a rebel war lord.
Genre: Crime
Subject: Hong Kong
Releases
Date: April 1937Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Length: 6506 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Radio
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1565 15 Apr 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v4 n40 April 1937 Page: 77
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v4 n40 April 1937: no known title]Language: English
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5789 FeetBFI identifier: C-956110
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 61.5 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-947747
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Description: D3Duration: 61.5 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-947746
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Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 61.5 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-947747
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Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6385 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-1585140
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 5789 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-194062
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5789 FeetBFI identifier: C-956110
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: Combined as MuteLength: 5772 FeetBFI identifier: C-956108
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5849 FeetBFI identifier: C-956109
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Date: 1937 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Ladislao Vajda
Synopsis: A secret agent, after the murder of a loyal Chinese, is helped by the European wife of a merchant to expose him as a rebel war lord.
Genre: Crime
Subject: Hong Kong
Releases
Date: April 1937Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 72 mins Length: 6506 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Radio
Credits
(15)
Production Company: Premier-Stafford Productions, Producer: John Stafford, Screenplay: Akos Tolnay, Screenplay: Reginald Long, Based on the novel by: Peter Cheyney, Dorothy Hope, Director of Photography: Jimmy Wilson, Editor: R. Thomas, Editor: David Lean, Art Director: Jack Hallward, Art Director: Philip Bawcombe, Music: Jack Beaver, Sound: J. Blumberg, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(10)
Griffith Jones (John Fenton), Inkijinoff (General Ling), Adrienne Renn (Tai), Alan Napier (Governor), Anthony Eustrel (See Long), Gibson Gowland (Mike), Gabrielle Brune (Germaine), Jino Soneya (Yuan), Hugh McDermott (Tracy), Lotus Fragrance (Tai's maid)
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(2)
In: Kinematograph Weekly n1565 15 Apr 1937Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n1565 15 Apr 1937: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v4 n40 April 1937 Page: 77
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v4 n40 April 1937: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(7)
Accessible materials to view(3)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5789 FeetBFI identifier: C-956110
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: D3Duration: 61.5 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-947746
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 61.5 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-947747
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(2)
Description: D3Duration: 61.5 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-947746
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Description: VHS cassetteDuration: 61.5 minutesLine standard: 625Colour standard: PALBFI identifier: C-947747
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(5)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: NitrateSound: CombinedLength: 6385 FeetStock date: 1940BFI identifier: C-1585140
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: MixedSound: CombinedLength: 5789 FeetStock date: 1941BFI identifier: C-194062
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: PolyesterSound: CombinedLength: 5789 FeetBFI identifier: C-956110
Status: Viewing - Film print can be requested for access (servicing required)
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: Combined as MuteLength: 5772 FeetBFI identifier: C-956108
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Description: 35mm Dupe NegativeBase: PolyesterSound: SoundLength: 5849 FeetBFI identifier: C-956109
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film