Confessions of an Opium Eater
| 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, Secrets of a Soul and Evils of Chinatown) is a 1962 American crime film directed and produced by Albert Zugsmith and starring Vincent Price as Gilbert de Quincey, a nineteenth-century adventurer who becomes involved in a tong war in San Francisco. It was written by Seton I. Miller and Robert Hill, loosely based on the 1821 autobiographical novel Confessions of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas De Quincey.
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.