- HD 1080
- Runtime: 71m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Tod Browning
- Stars: Priscilla Dean, Matt Moore, Wallace Beery, Anna May Wong, J. Farrell MacDonald
- keywords: drug smuggling, shanghai, china, opium, based on play or musical, unrequited love, chinese, revolt, government agent, drug ring, stereotype, poppies, peasants, yellowface, opium wars, american in china
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures
- The Drifting is featured in the top rankings of 1923
- #7 in Top Drama Movies of 1923
In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.