Java Head (1934)
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.
- Released
- 1934-07-31
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- J. Walter Ruben, Thorold Dickinson, Gordon Wellesley, Martin Brown
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Elizabeth Allan as Nettie Vollar
- Anna May Wong as Princess Taou Yuen
- John Loder as Gerrit Ammidon
- Edmund Gwenn as Jeremy Ammidon
- Ralph Richardson as William Ammidon
- Herbert Lomas as Barzil Dunsack
- George Curzon as Edward Dunsack
- John Marriner as John Stone
- Grey Blake as Roger Brevard (as Gray Blake)
- Roy Emerton as Broadrick
- Amy Brandon Thomas as Rhoda Ammidon
- Frances Carson as Kate Vollar