Mr. Wong in Chinatown
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1 Aug 1939
Description
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…
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Cast
- Boris Karloff Mr. James Lee Wong
- Marjorie Reynolds Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan (reporter)
- Grant Withers Police Capt. Bill Street
- Huntley Gordon Mr. Davidson (bank president)
- George Lynn Capt. Guy Jackson (Aviation Corp. president) (as Peter George Lynn)
- William Royle Capt. Jaime (captain, Maid of the Orient)
- James Flavin Police Sgt. Jerry
- Lotus Long Princess Lin Hwa (murder victim)
- Lee Tung Foo Willie (Wong's servant) (as Lee Tong Foo)
- Bessie Loo Lilly May (Princess Lin Hwa's maid)
- Richard Loo Tong chief
- Ernie Stanton Burton (Davidson's butler)
- Stanford Jolley Hotel clerk
- I. Stanford Jolley Palisser Hotel Clerk
- Jack Kennedy Sgt. Brady
- Donald Kerr Taxi Driver
- Wilbur Mack The Coroner
- Moy Ming Aged Tong Member
- Bruce Mitchell Police Officer at Explosion
- Angelo Rossitto Mute Dwarf
- Guy Usher Police Commissioner
Director
- William Nigh
- W.B. Eason
Screenwriter
- Scott Darling
- Hugh Wiley
Director of Photography
- Harry Neumann
Composer
- Edward J. Kay
Producer
- William T. Lackey
- Charles J. Bigelow
