Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
A Slight Case Of Murder... Solved by Jimmy Wong!
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
- Date of release
- 1940-11-18
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Director
- Phil Rosen
- Collection
- Mr. Wong Collection
Casting
- Keye Luke — James Lee Wong
- Lotus Long — Win Lee, Benton's Secretary
- Grant Withers — Police Captain Street
- Charles Miller — Dr. John Benton / Cyrus Benton in Newspaper (as Charles Miller)
- Huntley Gordon — Dr. Norman Wilkes
- Virginia Carpenter — Louise Benton
- John Dilson — Charlie Frasier
- Paul McVey — Detective Grady
- John Holland — Mason
- Richard Terry — Toreno
- Robert Kellard — Tommy Dean
- Willy Castello — Jonas
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