Valentine, the owner of the popular Piccadilly Club, finds his lead male attraction, Victor Smiles (Cyril Richard), has quit and that the public has judged Victor's partner Mabel as over the hill. Although they are lovers, Valentine must find another dancer to replace Mabel or face an uncertain future. When a customer (Charles Laughton in his first feature film) complains of a dirty dish, Valentine discovers the answer to all his problems-down in the club's scullery...

After many years of supporting roles in Hollywood, Anna May Wong left for Europe in search of better parts. And did she find one! Her Electric, sexually charged performance in Piccadilly is a revelation. Wong is mesmerizing as Shosho, the Chinese scullery maid who overnight becomes the toast of London- and the object of sexual desire of all around her. The Camera adores Wong, and against Alfred Junge's astonishing set design, her beauty glows in every frame. Piccadilly was the brilliant apex to Dupont's trilogy of backstage life (Variete and Moulin Rouge), showcasing the director's signature mix of great acting, amazing imagery and astonishing camera movements.

Like Louise Brooks in the 1980s and Josephine Baker in the 1990s, the beautiful, sexual Anna May Wong has taken America by storm. When the restored Piccadilly premiered at the 2003 New York Film Festival, the audience gave it a standing ovation and critics rushed to heap superlatives on the Chinese-American actress who died more than forty years ago. Magnificently sensual, brilliantly talented and highly intellectual, Anna May Wong was an actress like no other.