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Mr. Wong, Detective

Thousands asked to see Collier's Magazine famous detective on the screen... here he is!

5.619381h 10m
NR
Released
Crime
Thriller
Mystery
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Overview

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

StatusReleased
Release Date1938-10-05
Runtime1h 10m
LanguagesEnglish
CountriesUnited States of America
Keywords
poison
detective
investigation
murder
meditative
mysterious
calm
relaxed
introspective
assertive
condescending

Mr. Wong Collection

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Mr. Wong (James Lee Wong) was a fictional Chinese-American detective created by Hugh Wiley (1884-1968). Mr Wong appeared in magazine stories and a series of films.

Mr. Wong, Detective

Mr. Wong, Detective

1938

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

1939

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

1939

The Fatal Hour

The Fatal Hour

1940

Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die

1940

Phantom of Chinatown

Phantom of Chinatown

1940

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Cast & Crew

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

as James Lee Wong

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

as Police Capt. Sam Street

Maxine Jennings

Maxine Jennings

as Myra Ross

Evelyn Brent

Evelyn Brent

as Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome

George Lloyd

George Lloyd

as Devlin

Lucien Prival

Lucien Prival

as Anton Mohl

John St. Polis

John St. Polis

as Carl Roemer

William Gould

William Gould

as Theodore Meisle

Hooper Atchley

Hooper Atchley

as Christian Wilk

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

as Simon Dayton

Reviews

1
C

CinemaSerf

Jun 20, 2022

5/10

An almost comically heavily made-up Boris Karloff is all that stands between this mediocre murder-mystery and total obscurity. He portrays the super-sleuth "Mr. Wong" on the trail of a murderer who has killed at least three people. Our difficulty here is that the lighting and audio are so basic, that it is virtually impossible for us to follow the …

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