Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
1h 10m | PG-13
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
Studio: Monogram Pictures
Genre: Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Video: 720p
Cast
Boris Karloff
as James Lee Wong
Grant Withers
as Police Capt. Sam Street
Maxine Jennings
as Myra Ross
Evelyn Brent
as Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome
George Lloyd
as Devlin
Lucien Prival
as Anton Mohl
Reviews
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.