The Secrets of Wu Sin

A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.

Cast

Lois Wilson

as Nona Gould

Grant Withers

as James Manning

Dorothy Revier

as Margaret King

Robert Warwick

as Roger King

Tetsu Komai

as Wu Sin

Toshia Mori

as Miao Lin

Richard Loo

as Charlie San

Luke Chan

as Luke

James Wang

as Pete

Eddie Boland

as Eddie Morgan

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