When I saw that this film starred Tarzan, I was confused--after all, the film is about Chinatown! However, I checked and realized that Tarzan is a dog--a dog that starred in three different films--and "Captured in Chinatown" was his last.
The film begins in Chinatown. A romance has blossomed that looks like another Romeo & Juliet, as the two lovers come from rival families--ones that have hated each other for years. However, eventually they are able to get the families to bury the hatchet (literally and figuratively). To seal the truce, one family is going to give the other a rare jade necklace. However, some scum-bags (including a guy named Zamboni) are out to steal it.
Into this mess come two reporters, Bob and Ann. But the real hero among them is Bob's dog, Tarzan. Again and again, Tarzan seems smarter and more capable than anyone--sort of like a German Shepherd version of Lassie--but even smarter. For instance, when Bob commits a HUGE cliché by beating up a bad guy and NOT picking up the gun, only minutes later, Tarzan is smart enough to do this! All in all, it's pretty much what you'd expect from a wonder-dog film from a tiny studio. Reasonably entertaining but silly as well (think about it--the day is save by a DOG!!). The one interesting positive is that Chinese people really played the Chinese characters--something very unusual for the time (when often white folks pretended to be Asian)
