Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
A tale of forbidden love.
★ 6.9 / 10 · 253 votes on TMDB
Directed by D.W. Griffith
What it's about
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
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Cast
Lillian Gish
Lucy Burrows
Richard Barthelmess
Cheng Huan
Donald Crisp
Battling Burrows
Arthur Howard
Burrows' Manager
Edward Peil Sr.
Evil Eye
George Beranger
The Spying One
Norman Selby
A Prizefighter
Ernest Butterworth
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Frederic Hamen
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Wilbur Higby
London Policeman (uncredited)
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