China Seas
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
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Cast
41 people
Clark Gable
Cpt Alan Gaskell
Known for
Gone with the Wind
It Happened One Night
Jean Harlow
Dolly 'China Doll' Portland
Known for
The Public Enemy
Libeled Lady
Wallace Beery
Jamesy MacArdle
Known for
Grand Hotel
Treasure Island
Lewis Stone
Tom Davids
Known for
The Lost World
Grand Hotel
Rosalind Russell
Sybil Barclay
Known for
His Girl Friday
Auntie Mame
Dudley Digges
Dawson
Known for
The Invisible Man
Mutiny on the Bounty
C. Aubrey Smith
Sir Guy Wilmerding
Known for
Rebecca
Tarzan the Ape Man
Robert Benchley
Charlie McCaleb
Known for
I Married a Witch
Foreign Correspondent
William Henry
Rockwell
Known for
The Thin Man
Tarzan Escapes
Liev De Maigret
Mrs. Vollberg
Also in
One Rainy Afternoon
Lilian Bond
Mrs. Timmons
Known for
The Old Dark House
The Westerner
Edward Brophy
Wilbur Timmons
Known for
The Thin Man
Mad Love
Tay Garnett Director · Jules Furthman Screenplay James Kevin McGuinness Screenplay
Director
Tay Garnett
Screenplay
Jules Furthman
Screenplay
James Kevin McGuinness
Screenplay
John Lee Mahin
Writer
Monckton Hoffe
Writer
Maurice Revnes
Author
Crosbie Garstin
Composer
Herbert Stothart
Cinematographer
Ray June
Cinematographer
Clyde De Vinna
Editor
William LeVanway
Costume designer
Adrian
Worldwide gross $2.9M · Budget $1.1M · United States release August 9, 1935
Box office
Budget
$1,138,000
Worldwide gross
$2,867,000
Gross vs. budget
2.5×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · August 9, 1935
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
August 16, 1935 · Premiere
Argentina
October 15, 1935 · Theatrical
Australia
December 26, 1935 · Theatrical
Denmark
January 24, 1936 · Theatrical
Finland
January 19, 1936 · Theatrical
April 6, 1951 · Theatrical · re-release
France
December 6, 1935 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 1936 · Theatrical · genaues Veröffentlichungsdatum unbekannt.
Hungary
October 25, 1935 · Theatrical
Ireland
April 17, 1936 · Theatrical
Mexico
February 26, 1936 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 17, 1936 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 28, 1936 · Theatrical
Spain
April 11, 1936 · Limited theatrical · Madrid
July 16, 1982 · Theatrical · re-release
Sweden
March 16, 1936 · Theatrical
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