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5 October 1938 (USA) moreTagline:
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) morePlot:
When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Slow, but clever. moreCast
(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)Country:
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Fun Stuff
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[first lines]Anton Mohl, aka Baron Von Krantz: You're going to get killed doing that, one of these days, Lescardi!
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Considering its age (almost 65 years old), this movie has held up reasonably well. Granted, it is a bit slow and dull (it runs only 69 minutes but it feels MUCH longer), and Boris Karloff is not convincing, of course, as an Oriental. However, he does capture the Oriental philosophy of his character, and the plotting itself (particularly the killing method) is ingenious, worthy of a fine crime novel. (**1/2)