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Doomed to Die (1940)

Directed by William Nigh

Mystery | Crime | Drama

Overview

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner ‘Wentworth Castle’ (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the very moment of kicking out his daughter’s fiance Dick Fleming. Of course, Captain Street arrests Dick, but reporter Bobbie Logan, the attractive thorn in Street’s side, is so convinced he’s wrong that she enlists the help of detective James Lee Wong to find the real killer.

Rated NR | Length 68 minutes

Actors

Boris Karloff | Marjorie Reynolds | Grant Withers | William Stelling | Catherine Craig | Guy Usher | Henry Brandon | Melvin Lang | Wilbur Mack | Kenneth Harlan | Richard Loo | Tris Coffin | Gibson Gowland | Jack Kennedy | Bill Willmering | Mike Donovan | Maxine Leslie | Moy Ming | Angelo Rossitto

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

More Mr.Wong with Karloff as the amateur Asian sleuth. Sadly another one where he isn’t featured nearly enough. Again Marjorie Reynolds takes the brunt of all the yelling. Not bad but pretty simple serial.

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