| Confessions of an Opium Eater | |
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| Directed by | Albert Zugsmith |
| Written by | Seton I. Miller |
| Screenplay by | Robert Hill (film writer) |
| Based on | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater 1821 story in London Magazine by Thomas De Quincey |
| Produced by | Albert Zugsmith |
| Starring | Vincent Price Linda Ho Richard Loo Philip Ahn |
| Narrated by | Vincent Price |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Edited by | Robert S. Eisen Roy V. Livingston Edward Curtiss |
| Music by | Albert Glasser |
Production company | Photoplay |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Confessions of an Opium Eater also known as Souls for Sale and Evils of Chinatown[1] is a 1962 American crime film produced and directed by Albert Zugsmith. It is loosely based on the 1821 autobiographical novel Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, written by Thomas De Quincey. After circulating for years as a bootleg, it was released on DVD as part of the Warner Archive Collection in 2012.[2]
This film stars Vincent Price as Gilbert de Quincey, a nineteenth-century adventurer who becomes involved in a tong war in San Francisco. Price also narrated the film, whose evocative cinematography resembles a nightmare. The film was something of a departure for Price; the prolific actor never performed another role that involved so much physical action.[3]
- ^ "Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Confessions of an Opium Eater (Aka Souls for Sale) | WBshop.com | Warner Bros". www.wbshop.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28.
- ^ Nortz, Sean (May 27, 2014). "Could You Spare Me a Nightmare? The World of Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)". brightlighrsfilm.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.