Mr. Wong, Detective

10/5/19381h 10m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

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.

Director:

William Nigh

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

poison
detective
investigation
murder
meditative
mysterious
calm
relaxed
introspective
assertive
condescending

Cast

Boris Karloff

~ as ~

James Lee Wong

Grant Withers

~ as ~

Police Capt. Sam Street

Maxine Jennings

~ as ~

Myra Ross

Evelyn Brent

~ as ~

Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome

George Lloyd

~ as ~

Devlin

Lucien Prival

~ as ~

Anton Mohl

John St. Polis

~ as ~

Carl Roemer

William Gould

~ as ~

Theodore Meisle

Hooper Atchley

~ as ~

Christian Wilk

John Hamilton

~ as ~

Simon Dayton

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
5
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 story at all, much less draw any conclusions of our own. We are essentially led - child-like - through this rather theatrical drama with no opportunity to participate. I guess the budget would her been minimal, and I'm glad I've seen it - but more for the sake of late 30s cinema than for anything memorable.