Old San Francisco

In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of an old Spanish family.

Cast

Dolores Costello

as Dolores Vasquez

Josef Swickard

as Don Hernandez de Vasquez

Anders Randolf

as Michael Brandon

Charles Emmett Mack

as Terrence O'Shaughnessy

Warner Oland

as Chris Buckwell

Angelo Rossitto

as Chang Loo - the Dwarf

Anna May Wong

as A Flower of the Orient

Lawson Butt

as Captain Enrique de Solano Y Vasquez - in Prologue

Walter McGrail

as Vasquez's Grandson - in Prologue

Otto Matieson

as Vasquez's Grandson - in Prologue

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