Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
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...
- Date of release
- 1939-08-01
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (24)
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Mystery, Thriller
- Director
- William Nigh
- Collection
- Mr. Wong Collection
Casting
- Boris Karloff — Mr. James Lee Wong
- Marjorie Reynolds — Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan
- Grant Withers — Police Capt. Bill Street
- Huntley Gordon — Mr. Davidson
- George Lynn — Capt. Guy Jackson
- William Royle — Capt. Jaime
- James Flavin — Police Sgt. Jerry
- Lotus Long — Princess Lin Hwa
- Lee Tung Foo — Willie
- Bessie Loo — Lilly May
- Ernie Stanton — Bailey
- I. Stanford Jolley — Palisser Hotel Clerk
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