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258:Running time
165:Sam Simmonds
150:(uncredited)
144:(uncredited)
142:Otto Baecker
120:John Longden
86:(uncredited)
29:
1418:Traitor Spy
1250:Lost Patrol
913:Monna Vanna
684:Hodges 2004
645:Hodges 2004
351:(1928) and
313:, it stars
191:(as H. May)
148:Bruno Mondi
100:Produced by
84:Adolf Lantz
51:Directed by
1449:1930 films
1443:Categories
1394:Lucky Jade
1065:The Copper
575:References
303:drama film
197:Production
72:Written by
1322:Timbuctoo
1170:Afterglow
1033:The Serfs
621:Chan 2003
496:Cinémonde
489:Reception
478:as Yvette
476:Mona Goya
249: (US)
238: (UK)
158:Edited by
1402:Premiere
1282:Suspense
792:See also
753:(2004).
669:Lim 2019
657:Lim 2019
633:Lim 2019
407:adjutant
395:Hai-Tang
358:(1929).
298:Hai-Tang
275:Language
189:Hans May
185:Music by
108:Starring
25:Hai-Tang
1242:Bolibar
985:Passion
725:Sources
712:27 July
603:29 July
517:Wong."
506:Variety
436:orderly
278:English
267:Country
245:1930-10
243: (
234:1930-03
232: (
199:company
171:Simmons
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1237:(1927)
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1221:(1926)
1218:Nelson
1213:(1925)
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1116:(1949)
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368:talkie
169:
1210:Ypres
521:Notes
167:as S.
1226:Mons
1041:Song
848:IMDb
837:IMDb
826:IMDb
778:ISBN
759:ISBN
737:ISBN
714:2023
605:2023
446:Cast
401:Plot
347:Song
317:and
309:and
846:at
835:at
824:at
325:by
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