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Miki Morita - Movies

Border Phantom 1937 2 stars

    N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Western
Director: S. Roy Luby
Cast: Bob Steele, Harley Wood, Don Barclay, Karl Hackett, Horace Murphy, Miki Morita, Perry Murdock, Hans Joby, Frank Ball

  Larry (Bob Steele) and sidekick Lucky (Don Barclay) come to the aid of Barbara (Harley Wood) whose uncle was murdered in his laboratory and she is the prime suspect. Strange characters enter the scene as Larry sorts through the evidence and clears Barbara.

It Couldn't Have Happened - But It Did 1936 1 star

    N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Reginald Denny, Evelyn Brent, Jack La Rue, Inez Courtney, Hugh Marlowe, Claude King, Bryant Washburn, Robert Homans, Crauford Kent, Robert Frazer, Miki Morita, Emily LaRue, Lynton Brent

  Two Broadway producers are murdered in circumstances resembling two killings in a play written by Greg Stone (Reginald Denny). Now, Greg is forced by gangster Smiley Clark (Jack La Rue), who is backing the show, to take on the role of detective and track down the real killer in order to clear Smiley's name.

Shanghai Express 1932 3 and a half stars

    N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Romance
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant, Louise Closser Hale, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emile Chautard, Claude King, James B. Leong, Leonard Carey, Willie Fung, Miki Morita, Herbert Evans

  In the midst of civil war, the notorious Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) meets and falls in love with Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook) during a trip on the Shanghai Express. One of the train's passengers is the warlord rebel leader, Henry Chang (Warner Oland), waiting for his rebels to ambush the train and take hostages. Among the hostages will be Shanghai Lily and her Captain Harvey.

The Walking Dead 1936 3 stars

    N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ricardo Cortez, Marguerite Churchill, Barton MacLane, Warren Hull, Paul Harvey, Robert Strange, Eddie Acuff, Edmund Gwenn, Henry O'Neill, Joe King, Addison Richards, Joe Sawyer, Kenneth Harlan, Miki Morita

  Corrupt attorney Nolan (Ricardo Cortez) leads a group of gangsters and frames John Ellman (Boris Karloff) on a trumped-up charge of murder. Ellman is found guilty and is executed. Now, after learning that Ellman was innocent, Dr. Edmund Beaumont (Edmund Gwenn) brings Ellman back to life. Ellman is intent on avenging his untimely demise, tracks down the gangsters, and scares them to death. Finally, Nolan and his cohort, Loder (Barton MacLane), kill Ellman, but then their car crashes into a power line, and they are also killed.

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