One of the last British silent features, Piccadilly is held in high        esteem by many, particularly admirers of E.A. Dupont (Variety), who fee  l the director's touch elevates the formulaic material. A beautiful Chinese        dancer comes between a nightclub owner and another dancer, leading to murder   and mystery. Anna May Wong, Gilda Gray, Jameson Thomas and Cyril Ritchard      star. Charles Laughton, in his feature film debut, has a colorful supporting   role as disruptive drunk, and Ray Milland appears in a bit part. Shortly afte  r the film's original release, new scenes with dialogue were filmed. This,       however, is the original silent version. "The melodramatic machinations of the plot may be weak, but Dupont's assured direction, Alfred Junge's art           direction, and Werner Brandes' lighting create an atmosphere so hauntingly       evocative as to be satisfying in itself" (Robert Murphy, Time Out Film      E.A. Dupont---Great Britain---1929---89 mins.