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Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)

Directed by William Nigh

Mystery

Overview

A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl “Captain J” on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Mr. Wong finds two captains with the intial J in the case, neither being quite what he seems; there’s fog on the waterfront and someone still has that poison-dart gun…

Rated NR | Length 71 minutes

Actors

Boris Karloff | Marjorie Reynolds | Grant Withers | Huntley Gordon | George Lynn | William Royle | James Flavin | Lotus Long | Lee Tung Foo | Bessie Loo | Ernie Stanton | I. Stanford Jolley | Jack Kennedy | Donald Kerr | Wilbur Mack | Moy Ming | Bruce Mitchell | Angelo Rossitto | Guy Usher | Richard Loo

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

And yet another Boris Karloff as Wong the detective flick! I love these. I love Karloff as an Asian detective. Kills me that Marjorie Reynolds was cast to be the always abused reporter. These movies aren’t great but they are so pulpy and serialized that I just adore them. I’d love to see a run of these on the big screen.

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