Confessions of an opium eater [videorecording] / Allied Artists Pictures Corporation presents ; an Albert Zugsmith production ; written by Robert J. Hill ; produced and directed by Albert Zugsmith.
Vincent Price, Linda Ho, Richard Loo, King Vidor, Florence Vidor. Based on the book by Thomas de Quincy. Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Summary:
Set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Tong wars of the 1800s, women are sold as slaves by an evil drug lord named Ling Tang. DeQuincey is hired to find a woman who has escaped the slave trade and bring her back. As he hides out in Chinatown he discovers the wonders of the opium trade and the drug's hallucinogenic effects. "Filled with absurd dialogue, Asian stereotypes and A-typical Zugsmith exploitation touches, the film is a classic of the early 60's sleaze genre."
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