Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Genre: Mystery / Thriller
Duration: 71 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: William Nigh
Stars: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds and Grant Withers
IMDb score:
5,8 (1.132)
Releasedate: 1 August 1939
Mr. Wong in Chinatown plot
A Chinese woman asks for help from Inspector James Lee Wong, but is killed with a poison arrow not long after. Wong begins the investigation, and discovers that the lady is actually Princess Lin Hwa, and was sent on a secret mission to prepare for the Japanese invasion of America.
Actors and actresses
Mr. James Lee Wong
Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan
Police Capt. Bill Street
Mr. Davidson
Capt. Guy Jackson
Capt. Jaime
Police Sgt. Jerry
Princess Lin Hwa
Willie
Lilly May
Reviews & comments
Roger Thornhill
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Mr. Wong (played by Boris Karloff and in one film by Keye Luke) is a quiet, shrewd Chinese detective in San Francisco, in a series of six films initiated by Monogram in an attempt to cash in on the success of Oriental sleuth Charlie Chan ( Warner Oland, Sidney Toler and Roland Winters) and Mr Moto (the immortal Peter Lorre). Let's just say that grain didn't really turn out to be a successful crop.
This episode is not bad, with Karloff who is always fascinating and a nice atmosphere, but Marjorie Reynolds as wisecrackin' platinum-blonde reporter and Grant Withers as a screaming pseudo-comic frustrated police inspector are two equally clichéd as annoying characters, and the plot is not very interesting.
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