James B. Leong

James B. Leong

Movies for James B. Leong...

Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Title: Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1961
Type: Movie
Francis is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggy" is home from College. When he suggests her to go for it, she's even more in panic - doesn't he care to be with her? So she sets out for Hawaii in the worst mood. On the plane she meets the sociable Abby, who gives her the advice to forget about Jeff - and regrets it shortly after, when Francis follows the advice and steals her boyfriend Eddie, a famous dancer. But then Jeff discovers he's missing Francis...
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I Was an American Spy
Title: I Was an American Spy
Character: Ho Sang
Released: April 14, 1951
Type: Movie
An American nightclub singer in 1940's Singapore becomes a spy for America in an effort to get back at the invading Japanese army. Based on a true story.
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To the Ends of the Earth
Title: To the Ends of the Earth
Character: Chinese Driver (uncredited)
Released: February 7, 1948
Type: Movie
A treasury agent becomes obsessed with exposing an international drug ring.
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Deception
Title: Deception
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 26, 1946
Type: Movie
After marrying her long lost love, a pianist finds the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who is besotted with her.
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The Keys of the Kingdom
Title: The Keys of the Kingdom
Character: Taoist Priest at Boy's Healing (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1944
Type: Movie
A young priest, Father Chisholm is sent to China to establish a Catholic parish among the non-Christian Chinese. While his boyhood friend, also a priest, flourishes in his calling as a priest in a more Christian area of the world, Father Chisholm struggles. He encounters hostility, isolation, disease, poverty and a variety of set backs which humble him, but make him more determined than ever to succeed.
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The Fighting Seabees
Title: The Fighting Seabees
Character: Japanese Officer (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1944
Type: Movie
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
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Headin' for God's Country
Title: Headin' for God's Country
Character: Japanese Officer
Released: August 26, 1943
Type: Movie
In this anti-Japanese WW II propaganda film, Japanese invaders attempt to raid Alaska and are totally obliterated. The trouble begins when a stranger visits a small town and tells them that the U.S. is going to be taken over by a powerful country. The story turns out to be true when the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. The town then rises up and slaughters a Japanese raiding party.
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Behind the Rising Sun
Title: Behind the Rising Sun
Character: Japanese Swordsman
Released: August 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A Japanese publisher urges his American-educated son to side with the Axis.
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Lady from Chungking
Title: Lady from Chungking
Character: Chen
Released: December 21, 1942
Type: Movie
During World War II, Chinese guerrillas fight against the occupying Japanese forces. A young woman is the secret leader of the villagers, who plot to rescue two downed Flying Tigers pilots who are currently in the custody of the Japanese. The rescue mission takes on even more importance with the arrival of a Japanese general, which signals a major offensive taking place in the area.
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Across the Pacific
Title: Across the Pacific
Character: Nura (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-marshaled out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveller Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious.
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Wake Island
Title: Wake Island
Released: August 11, 1942
Type: Movie
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
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A Yank on the Burma Road
Title: A Yank on the Burma Road
Character: Guerilla Leader
Released: January 29, 1942
Type: Movie
A celebrated New York cabbie is pressed into service for a perilous journey through World War II China.
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South of Pago Pago
Title: South of Pago Pago
Character: Waiter
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Sent by cutthroat pirates to turn Kehane’s head while they loot his island paradise of a fortune in pearls, Ruby instead falls for the young chief. Together, the two save Kehane’s people and their island home from the rapacious picaroons but at the tragic cost of their own future together.
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Drums of Fu Manchu
Title: Drums of Fu Manchu
Character: Chinese Si Fan Member
Released: March 15, 1940
Type: Movie
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world. His nemesi, Dr. Nayland Smith and his associates fight to keep the evil doctor from getting his hands on the keys. In 1943 the serial was edited together into a feature movie also called Drums of Fu Manchu.
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Daughter of the Tong
Title: Daughter of the Tong
Character: Importer
Released: August 28, 1939
Type: Movie
A detective matches wits with the female leader of a crime ring.
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North of Shanghai
Title: North of Shanghai
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: January 24, 1939
Type: Movie
In this newspaper drama, a female reporter and a newsreel cameraman are both assigned to cover the Sino-Japanese war. They meet on the boat ride over and decide to team up. They are further assisted by a Chinese cameraman. The three of them manage to expose of spy ring operating out of the Shanghai office of the woman's newspaper.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
Title: Mr. Moto Takes a Chance
Released: June 11, 1938
Type: Movie
In the jungle near Angkor Wat in Cambodia, Mr. Moto poses as an ineffectual archaeologist and a venerable holy man with mystical powers to help foil two insurgencies against the government.
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International Settlement
Title: International Settlement
Character: Officer
Released: February 4, 1938
Type: Movie
In Shanghai amidst Sino-Japanese warfare an adventurer (Sanders) collecting money from gun suppliers falls in loves with a French singer (Del Rio).
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Shadows of the Orient
Title: Shadows of the Orient
Character: Ching Chu
Released: August 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A classic "B" featurette about "smugglin' in Chinamen for $300 a load"
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Midnight Blunders
Title: Midnight Blunders
Character: Chinese Man (uncredited)
Released: December 13, 1936
Type: Movie
The evil Dr. Wong abducts prominent scientist Dr. Edwin Millstone. Bumbling bank guards Tom and Monte search through Chinatown to find Dr. Wong and rescue the professor.
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Ace Drummond
Title: Ace Drummond
Character: Henry Kee
Released: October 18, 1936
Type: Movie
This 13 chapter serial is based on the comic strip character Ace Drummond created by Eddie Rickenbacker. Ace is a 'G-Man of the sky' working out of Washington D.C. He is sent to Mongolia to find out why a mysterious villain known only as 'The Dragon' is trying to prevent the newly formed International Airways from setting up an airport there. Ace meets Peggy Trainor (Jean Rogers) who is searching for her archaeologist father who has disappeared. Together they search for answers to the puzzles.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Title: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Character: Chinese Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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East of Java
Title: East of Java
Character: Crewman
Released: December 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Survivors of a shipwreck find refuge on a tropical island--but so do the ship's cargo of lions and tigers.
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Chinatown Squad
Title: Chinatown Squad
Character: Chinese Man
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Title: The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Character: Wong Henchman
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Mr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
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The Son of Kong
Title: The Son of Kong
Character: Chinese Trader
Released: December 22, 1933
Type: Movie
Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
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Tangled Destinies
Title: Tangled Destinies
Character: Ling
Released: October 17, 1932
Type: Movie
An airliner makes a forced landing at night in the desert. The passengers and crew take refuge in a nearby deserted house. Soon some of the passengers are found murdered, and one of the passengers reveals himself to be a detective who was guarding one of the murdered passengers, who was carrying a bag of diamonds--which is now missing. The detective must find out which of the passengers is the killer.
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The Heart Punch
Title: The Heart Punch
Character: Wong
Released: October 17, 1932
Type: Movie
During a boxing match a fighter accidentally kills his opponent in the ring. Afterwards he finds himself falling in love with the dead man's sister.
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Shanghai Express
Title: Shanghai Express
Character: A Rebel (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1932
Type: Movie
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
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Shanghai Lady
Title: Shanghai Lady
Character: Counselor (as Jimmy Leong)
Released: November 17, 1929
Type: Movie
Having spent several wasted months in a Shanghai opium dem, former prostitute Cassie Cook yearns to start her life afresh. Likewise, ex-convict Badlands McKinney also wants to clean up his act.
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Welcome Danger
Title: Welcome Danger
Character: Florist Henchman / High Priest (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1929
Type: Movie
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
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Come and Get It!
Title: Come and Get It!
Character: Singapore Joe
Released: February 3, 1929
Type: Movie
When Breezy's father is accused of murdering his neighbor, the former Navy boxing champ takes to the street to clear his name.
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China Slaver
Title: China Slaver
Character: Lee Mandarin
Released: January 25, 1929
Type: Movie
The Chinese Secret Service sends an undercover agent to investigate reports of an island ruled by a Chinese criminal named The Cobra who holds the residents in virtual slavery while running his illegal narcotics and white-slavery empire.
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The Devil Dancer
Title: The Devil Dancer
Character: The Grand Lama
Released: November 3, 1927
Type: Movie
An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.
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The Silk Bouquet
Title: The Silk Bouquet
Released: June 25, 1926
Type: Movie
This obscure silent melodrama, directed by the veteran Harry J. Revier, was filmed entirely in San Francisco with an all-Asian cast that included Chinese-born Jimmy B. Leong and Hollywood's own Anna May Wong.
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The Purple Dawn
Title: The Purple Dawn
Character: Quan Foo
Released: May 10, 1923
Type: Movie
The Purple Dawn is a 1923 American silent romantic drama film that was produced, written, and directed by Charles R. Seeling. Starring Bessie Love, Bert Sprotte, and William E. Aldrich. The film is presumed lost.