Chinatown at Midnight (1949)
A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent. fire escape, san francisco, california, chinatown, vase, thief, film noir, b movie, boarding house, chinese, rooftop, machine gun, census taker, undercover operation, malaria, jumping from a rooftop, antique dealer, prescription medication, telephone switchboard operator, police procedural, learning chinese, rooftop chase