Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
- Released
- 1940-11-18
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery, Thriller
- Runtime
- 62 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Phil Rosen, George Waggner
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 18 votes
Cast
- Keye Luke as James Lee Wong
- Lotus Long as Win Lee, Benton's Secretary
- Grant Withers as Police Captain Street
- Charles Miller as Dr. John Benton / Cyrus Benton in Newspaper (as Charles Miller)
- Huntley Gordon as Dr. Norman Wilkes
- Virginia Carpenter as Louise Benton
- John Dilson as Charlie Frasier
- Paul McVey as Detective Grady
- John Holland as Mason
- Richard Terry as Toreno
- Robert Kellard as Tommy Dean
- Willy Castello as Jonas