Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
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...
- Released
- 1939-08-01
- Genres
- Mystery, Thriller
- Runtime
- 71 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- William Nigh, Scott Darling
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 from 24 votes
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Mr. James Lee Wong
- Marjorie Reynolds as Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan
- Grant Withers as Police Capt. Bill Street
- Huntley Gordon as Mr. Davidson
- George Lynn as Capt. Guy Jackson
- William Royle as Capt. Jaime
- James Flavin as Police Sgt. Jerry
- Lotus Long as Princess Lin Hwa
- Lee Tung Foo as Willie
- Bessie Loo as Lilly May
- Ernie Stanton as Bailey
- I. Stanford Jolley as Palisser Hotel Clerk