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Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)

01/08/1939 (US)Mystery, Thriller1h 11m
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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...

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Boris Karloff

      Boris Karloff

      Mr. James Lee Wong

    2. Marjorie Reynolds

      Marjorie Reynolds

      Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan

    3. Grant Withers

      Grant Withers

      Police Capt. Bill Street

    4. Huntley Gordon

      Huntley Gordon

      Mr. Davidson

    5. George Lynn

      George Lynn

      Capt. Guy Jackson

    6. William Royle

      William Royle

      Capt. Jaime

    7. James Flavin

      James Flavin

      Police Sgt. Jerry

    8. Lotus Long

      Lotus Long

      Princess Lin Hwa

    9. Lee Tung Foo

      Lee Tung Foo

      Willie

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6.0
    Written by CinemaSerf on Jun 22, 2022

    When the Princess "Lin Hwa" (Lotus Long) is killed by a poisoned dart in the home of our eponymous San Francisco detective (Boris Karloff) she leaves him one, singly enigmatic, clue which he must utilise to thwart a gang involved with the Japanese occupation of China. Local plod "Capt. Street" (Grant Withers) bucks the trend of many similar style adventure films, and demonstrates some competence as the pair soon discover the foggy docks of their city harbour much more than just ships. There is never any doubt who will come a cropper in the end, but William Nigh gets a lot from his star, a limi...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • mr. wong