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cast: 17
crew: 6
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# Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919): cast and crew

17 cast and 6 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Lillian Gish](https://film.one/person/lillian-gish.md) as Lucy Burrows
- [Richard Barthelmess](https://film.one/person/richard-barthelmess.md) as Cheng Huan
- [Donald Crisp](https://film.one/person/donald-crisp.md) as Battling Burrows
- [Arthur Howard](https://film.one/person/arthur-howard-13790.md) as Burrows' Manager
- [Edward Peil](https://film.one/person/edward-peil-sr.md) as Evil Eye
- [George Beranger](https://film.one/person/george-beranger.md) as The Spying One
- [Norman Selby](https://film.one/person/norman-selby.md) as A Prizefighter
- [Ernest Butterworth](https://film.one/person/ernest-butterworth.md) as Secondary Role (uncredited)
- [Frederic Hamen](https://film.one/person/frederic-hamen.md) as Secondary Role (uncredited)
- [Wilbur Higby](https://film.one/person/wilbur-higby.md) as London Policeman (uncredited)
- [Man-Ching Kwan](https://film.one/person/man-ching-kwan.md) as Buddhist Monk (uncredited)
- [Bobbie Mack](https://film.one/person/bobbie-mack.md) as Ringside Employee (uncredited)
- Moy Ming as Minor Role (uncredited)
- [Steve Murphy](https://film.one/person/steve-murphy.md) as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
- George Nichols as Police Constable (uncredited)
- Karla Schramm as Burrows' Girlfriend (uncredited)
- Bessie Wong as Girl in China (uncredited)

## Directing

- [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Director

## Writing

- [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Writer
- Thomas Burke: Short Story

## Production

- [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md): Producer

## Camera

- [Billy Bitzer](https://film.one/person/billy-bitzer.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- [James Smith](https://film.one/person/james-smith-8821.md): Editor

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