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62% Critic Match
Shadows
“The greatest story ever told in motion pictures”
6.2 / 10• 1922• 1h 8m•PG• English
Drama
Storyline
Yen Sin, a humble Chinese, is washed ashore after a storm and finds himself an outsider in the deeply Christian fishing community of Urkey. Yen Sin elects to stay, despite his status as a despised 'heathen', only to reveal hypocrisy amid the self-righteous township.
Cast & Crew
Lon Chaney
Yen Sin
Lead
Marguerite De La Motte
Sympathy Gibbs
Harrison Ford
John Malden
John St. Polis
Nate Snow
Walter Long
Daniel Gibbs
Buddy Messinger
'Mr. Bad Boy'
Priscilla Bonner
Mary Brent
Frances Raymond
Emsy Nickerson
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tom Forman's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Shadows is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
