Drifting
Brief Synopsis
In Shanghai, an American girl smuggling opium is put under surveillance by an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she determines to get out of the drug business, but she is afraid of the man who is the head of the drug ring she worked for.
Cast & Crew
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Tod Browning
Director
Priscilla Dean
Cassie Cook/Lucille Preston
Matt Moore
Capt. Arthur Jarvis
Wallace Beery
Jules Repin
J. Farrell Macdonald
Murphy
Rose Dione
Madame Polly Voo
Film Details
Genre
Crime
Romance
Release Date
Aug
26,
1923
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 19 Aug 1923
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Drifting by John Colton, Daisy H. Andrews (New York, 2 Jan 1922).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
7,394ft
(7 reels)
Synopsis
Cassie Cook, an American girl in China, is smuggling opium under secret surveillance of Captain Jarvis, a government agent posing as a mining engineer. Cassie and Jules Repin, her confederate, try to kill Jarvis, but Cassie falls in love with Jarvis and reforms.
Director
Tod Browning
Director
Cast
Priscilla Dean
Cassie Cook/Lucille Preston
Matt Moore
Capt. Arthur Jarvis
Wallace Beery
Jules Repin
J. Farrell Macdonald
Murphy
Rose Dione
Madame Polly Voo
Edna Tichenor
Molly Norton
William V. Mong
Dr. Li
Anna May Wong
Rose Li
Bruce Guerin
Billy Hepburn
Marie De Albert
Mrs. Hepburn
William Moran
Mr. Hepburn
Frank Lanning
Chang Wang
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Crime
Romance
Release Date
Aug
26,
1923
Premiere Information
New York premiere: 19 Aug 1923
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Drifting by John Colton, Daisy H. Andrews (New York, 2 Jan 1922).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
7,394ft
(7 reels)
