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Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
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5 October 1938 (USA)
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HIS HOBBY IS MURDER! Mr. Wong's main interest is solving murders - and he's an expert at it! Watch Collier's Magazine's famous Chinese sleuth trick a triple-killer into giving himself away...for the mystery thrill of you life! (original poster) more
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When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders...
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A delightful surprise for film buffs: Boris Karloff is Mr. Wong, Detective
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Boris Karloff | ... | Mr. James Lee Wong |
 | Grant Withers | ... | Captain Sam Street |
| Maxine Jennings | ... | Myra Ross, Dayton's Secretary |
| Evelyn Brent | ... | Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome |
| George Lloyd | ... | Detective Lt. Devlin |
| Lucien Prival | ... | Anton Mohl, aka Baron Von Krantz |
| John St. Polis | ... | Carl Roemer, Poison Gas Inventor |
| William Gould | ... | Theodore Meisel, Dayton's Partner |
| Hooper Atchley | ... | Christian Wilk, Dayton's Partner |
| John Hamilton | ... | Simon Dayton, President Dayton Chemical Co. |
| Wilbur Mack | ... | Russell, Dayton's Office Manager |
| Lee Tung Foo | ... | Tchin, Wong's Servant (as Lee Tong Foo) |
| Lynton Brent | ... | Detective Tommy |
| Grace Wood | ... | Mrs. Carl Roemer |
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69 min | USA:70 min (copyright length)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Mr. Wong's servant waits on him on what we are told is his day off.
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Anton Mohl, aka Baron Von Krantz: You're going to get killed doing that, one of these days, Lescardi!
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Anton Mohl, aka Baron Von Krantz: You're going to get killed doing that, one of these days, Lescardi!
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This obscure little movie is a delightful surprise for film buffs. The surprise is Boris Karloff in the role of the well mannered oriental detective. Yes, this is the same Boris Karloff who was Frankenstein the monster! He manages the role as if it were a well worn and comfortable pair of houseshoes, and it becomes unimportant, quickly forgotten and insignificant that a nonoriental is Mr. Wong.
A business man gets involved with a deal involving poison gas. When he is inexplicably found dead in his office under suspicious circumstances, Detective Street (Grant Withers) is called in on the case. The sharp tongued detective Street looks for the blatant and obvious clues, while he often misses what is going on beneath the surface in this mysterious case. Mr. Wong, a well known detective who was acquainted with the victim, begins to notice clues that Detective Street overlooks. The body count begins to mount as the partners of the dead business man also begin to die under strange circumstances. Mr. Wong must keep his mind open in this thriller when the obvious suspect first seems guilty, then innocent as other suspects turn up including a sinister Baron and a Countess. Maxine Jennings is great as Detective Streets lady friend, Myra. Snappy dialogue and good actors move the story along at a good clip. There are a couple of scenes that are shot in poor lighting, but they don't hinder this very good entry in the 1930's detective genre of movies.
This will be an entertaining movie for film buffs. I give it an 8/10.