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China Seas

When earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize his ship.

Director

Tay Garnett

Year

Genre

action, adventure, drama

Box Office

N/A

Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Awards

1 nomination

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Alan Gaskell

China Doll

Jamesy MacArdle

Davids

Sybil

Rosalind Russell

Dawson

Sir Guy

C. Aubrey Smith

McCaleb

Robert Benchley

Rockwell

Mrs. Vollberg

Liev De Maigret

Mrs. Timmons

Timmons

Yu-Lan

Carol Ann

Carol Ann Beery

Romanoff

Ngah

Undetermined Secondary Role

Charles Coleman

Undetermined Secondary Role

Martha, Sybil's Maid

Willett, Royal Canada Bank

Barlowe Borland

Ship's Passenger

Harry C. Bradley

Mrs. Higgins

Second Officer Kingston

Cabin Boy Ah Sing

Rickshaw Boy

Ship's Officer

Ship's Engineer

Ship's Passenger

Chief Steward Ted Gary

Forrester Harvey

Ship's Pilot

Bertie the Purser

Malay Pirate

Sailor on Bridge

Chinese Inspector at Gangplank

Isabel McCarthy - Dolly's Maid

Hattie McDaniel

Atkins - Dock Manager

Malcolm McGregor

Passenger Playing Chess

Police Superintendent

Ferdinand Munier

Ship's Passenger

Beatrice Roberts

Trapshooting Attendant

Man on Dock with McCaleb

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Mccaleb Jamesy Macardle Sir Guy Dawson Isabel Mccarthy, Dolly's Maid Sybil Rockwell Mrs. Higgins Davids Mrs. Timmons Timmons Chief Steward Ted Gary Yu-lan

Not bad, not bad at
all for a synthetic stone. - China Seas

Not bad, not bad at all for a synthetic stone.

Hey, I bet that lug stops in China. - China Seas

Hey, I bet that lug stops in China.

What about Dawson - China Seas

What about Dawson

Oh you you poor sap - China Seas

Oh you you poor sap

You with me - China Seas

What have you got in your mouth - China Seas

What have you got in your mouth

- All stowed away as we agreed?
- In the steamroller. - China Seas

- All stowed away as we agreed? - In the steamroller.

The gal that drives men mad - China Seas

The gal that drives men mad

Perhaps you better do your sealing in the main salon where there's lot more witnesses - China Seas

Perhaps you better do your sealing in the main salon where...

How do you do - China Seas

Now wait a minute - China Seas

Now wait a minute

What am I gonna do with my ticket - China Seas

What am I gonna do with my ticket

Alright toots you you win I - China Seas

Alright toots you you win I

Alright, alright, if you've got your
ticket and a job, I don't suppose I... - China Seas

Alright, alright, if you've got your ticket and a job, ...

You just came down to say goodbye - China Seas

You just came down to say goodbye

Stow it Davids you let pirates scuttle your ship - China Seas

Stow it Davids you let pirates scuttle your ship

Still crazy about that Gaskell - China Seas

Still crazy about that Gaskell

They got big feet for Sing Song Girls - China Seas

They got big feet for Sing Song Girls

Take them to shore, charge
them with attempted piracy. - China Seas

Take them to shore, charge them with attempted piracy.

Hey captain, that's good work.
You're the finest skipper on this coast. - China Seas

Hey captain, that's good work. You're the finest s...

- See you on the next trip.
- Goodbye and thank you for all your trouble. - China Seas

- See you on the next trip. - Goodbye and thank you for all ...

Good morning captain. - China Seas

Good morning captain.

Who is it - China Seas

Oh I get it a hometown honey - China Seas

Oh I get it a hometown honey

Thanks but if I'd had a more definite tie I might've behaved a bit more decently - China Seas

Thanks but if I'd had a more definite tie I...

Did you ever see an English river - China Seas

Did you ever see an English river

Better take care of these pearls in the case of piracy - China Seas

Better take care of these pearls in the case of piracy

See that chess game over there - China Seas

See that chess game over there

Isabelle. - China Seas

Isabel McCarthy - China Seas

Isabel McCarthy

What about Dawson - China Seas

What about Dawson

You sure is got the right instincts no matter what they all say - China Seas

You sure is got the right instincts no matter what they all...

Twenty years on the China Seas and she never lost a spangle - China Seas

Twenty years on the China Seas and she never lost a spangle

Oh well I get it where is the big guy You mean the captain miss - China Seas

Oh well I get it where is the big guy You mean the captain...

Get on the belt line and keep them coming - China Seas

Get on the belt line and keep them coming

You've never seen a moon until you've watched the one over China Seas - China Seas

You've never seen a moon until you've watched the...

Speakin' of meetings - China Seas

Speakin' of meetings

Too amazing for words there I was with a cinder in me eye as large as a paving block - China Seas

Too amazing for words there I was with a cinder in me eye as...

So you think it's funny eh What are you grinning at - China Seas

So you think it's funny eh What are you grinning at

I'll see you later Alan - China Seas

I'll see you later Alan

You saved me a lot of trouble you painted the whole dirty picture - China Seas

You saved me a lot of trouble you painted the whole dirty...

Come on and play dumb it you want - China Seas

Come on and play dumb it you want

Well anyway it won't be so lonely while Jamesy is aboard - China Seas

Well anyway it won't be so lonely while Jamesy is...

I might've cracked up Bart's life if you'd stayed - China Seas

I might've cracked up Bart's life if you'd...

I'll jump ship at Singapore We'll dig up a magistrate or a chaplain - China Seas

I'll jump ship at Singapore We'll dig up a...

Honest as the day is long - China Seas

Honest as the day is long

- Aren't you going to wait for your coffee?
- No. - China Seas

- Aren't you going to wait for your coffee? - No.

I think you're very wise not to stay in the Orient - China Seas

I think you're very wise not to stay in the Orient

Lets you and me take a powder - China Seas

Lets you and me take a powder

I I understand congratulations are in order - China Seas

I I understand congratulations are in order

Look toots I - China Seas

Now let's quit good friends instead of like a couple of cabdrivers after a drunken brawl - China Seas

Now let's quit good friends instead of like a couple of...

That English dame - China Seas

That English dame

Thank you Well anyway it'll be quieter in England - China Seas

Thank you Well anyway it'll be quieter in England

I had me eye on you for a long time Well take it off - China Seas

I had me eye on you for a long time Well take it off

Whoopee are you good Jamesy - China Seas

Whoopee are you good Jamesy

Come on Jamesy we're off again - China Seas

Come on Jamesy we're off again

Good evening Miss Portland I've got you the other side of Mr MacArdle - China Seas

Good evening Miss Portland I've got you the other side...

Hey, stop showing off, come on up here. - China Seas

Hey, stop showing off, come on up here.

Oh if we only come out of this alive - China Seas

Oh if we only come out of this alive

Can't find Miss Portland sir, afraid
she may have been washed overboard. - China Seas

Can't find Miss Portland sir, afraid she may have been ...

That's the game, you old beachcomber,
I beat you, you hear that? I won. - China Seas

That's the game, you old beachcomber, I beat you, you h...

What a twister that was. - China Seas

What a twister that was.

- The marines have landed.
- I'm sorry to interrupt. - China Seas

- The marines have landed. - I'm sorry to interrupt.

Look out. - China Seas

- Cold darling?
- Yeah, yeah, cold, that's it. - China Seas

- Cold darling? - Yeah, yeah, cold, that's it.

It's a tough ocean to try to swim in - China Seas

It's a tough ocean to try to swim in

Captain Gaskell,
the steamroller is loose sir. - China Seas

Captain Gaskell, the steamroller is loose sir.

Come on. - China Seas

Well, what do you want? - China Seas

Well, what do you want?

Mr. Kingston, what time do you come on watch? - China Seas

Mr. Kingston, what time do you come on watch?

Get off on the rest of your rounds Toots you got to listen to me - China Seas

Get off on the rest of your rounds Toots you got to listen...

Oh, you hope so, do you? - China Seas

Oh, you hope so, do you?

Well you've been begging for it now you're going to get it - China Seas

Well you've been begging for it now you're going...

I warned you not to double cross me. - China Seas

I warned you not to double cross me.

You said you could use the gun. - China Seas

You said you could use the gun.

Sparks, Sparks. - China Seas

Sparks, Sparks.

Got a cigarette Jamesy? - China Seas

Got a cigarette Jamesy?

What you hiding those pearls for?
They do not worth anything. - China Seas

What you hiding those pearls for? They do not worth anything...

Every one of those guns
came out of our arsenal. - China Seas

Every one of those guns came out of our arsenal.

An-may in the ife-lay oat-bay. - China Seas

An-may in the ife-lay oat-bay.

Where's Alan? You don't
think they'll hurt him, do you? - China Seas

Where's Alan? You don't think they'll hurt hi...

I'm sorry Poopsie, looks
like that guy did the appraising. - China Seas

I'm sorry Poopsie, looks like that guy did the appraisi...

- Is that the latest style?
- Don't let them do that man. - China Seas

- Is that the latest style? - Don't let them do that ma...

- Gaskell, my boy Gaskell.
- Don't start counting, I'm getting up. - China Seas

- Gaskell, my boy Gaskell. - Don't start counting, I�...

There can't be any gold, he would've talked. - China Seas

There can't be any gold, he would've talked.

There can't be any gold - China Seas

There can't be any gold

Die you... - China Seas

One. - China Seas

Hey, a little less noise please. - China Seas

Hey, a little less noise please.

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When earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize his ship.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Tay Garnett

Writer: Jules Furthman, James Kevin McGuinness, Crosbie Garstin

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Genre: action, adventure, drama

Year: 1935

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 16 Aug 1935

Awards: 1 nomination

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