Mr. Wong, Detective

Mr. Wong, Detective

5/10/1938 1h 10m 5.5/10

Overview

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

Director

William Nigh

Top Billed Cast

Evelyn Brent

Evelyn Brent

Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

James Lee Wong

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Police Capt. Sam Street

George Lloyd

George Lloyd

Devlin

Lucien Prival

Lucien Prival

Anton Mohl

Maxine Jennings

Maxine Jennings

Myra Ross

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/20/2022

5/10

An almost comically heavily made-up Boris Karloff is all that stands between this mediocre murder-mystery and total obscurity. He portrays the super-sleuth "Mr. Wong" on the trail of a murderer who has killed at least three people. Our difficulty here is that the lighting and audio are so basic, that it is virtually impossible for us to follow the story at all, much less draw any conclusions of our own. We are essentially led - child-like - through this rather theatrical drama with no opportunity to participate. I guess the budget would her been minimal, and I'm glad I've seen it - but more for the sake of late 30s cinema than for anything memorable.

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