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Director
  
William Nigh

Sequel
  
The Mystery of Mr. Wong

Duration
  

Language
  
English

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Adventure, Crime, Drama

Production
  
Monogram Pictures

Country
  
United States

Mr Wong, Detective movie poster

Release date
  
October 5, 1938 (1938-10-05)

Writer
  
Houston Branch (screen play), Hugh Wiley (based on: the "James Lee Wong" series in Colliers Magazine written by)

Cast
  
Boris Karloff
(Mr. James Lee Wong),
Grant Withers
(Captain Sam Street),
Maxine Jennings
(Myra Ross, Dayton's Secretary),
Evelyn Brent
(Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome),
George Lloyd
(Devlin),
Lucien Prival
(Mohl)

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Mr. Wong, Detective is a 1938 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff in his first appearance as Mr. Wong.

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Plot

Simon Dayton is in fear for his life and seeks the help of Mr. Wong to protect him. Just prior to meeting Mr. Wong, Dayton is found dead in his office without a mark on him with several witnesses testifying Dayton was alone in his office that was locked from the inside. Though the police view Dayton's death as due to a heart attack, Mr. Wong discovers a broken glass ball that contained poison gas.

Among the suspects are agents of a foreign power wishing to stop Dayton's chemicals being sent to use on the foreign power in the form of the same poison gas that killed Dayton, Dayton's business partners who will have Dayton's share of the business come to them after Dayton's death and the actual inventor of the chemical who has been cheated out of profits and recognition by Dayton.

Cast

  • Boris Karloff as Mr. James Lee Wong
  • Grant Withers as Captain Sam Street
  • Maxine Jennings as Myra Ross, Dayton's Secretary
  • Evelyn Brent as Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome
  • George Lloyd as Detective Lt. Devlin
  • Lucien Prival as Anton Mohl, aka Baron Von Krantz
  • John St. Polis as Carl Roemer, Poison Gas Inventor
  • William Gould as Theodore Meisel, Dayton's Partner
  • Hooper Atchley as Christian Wilk, Dayton's Partner
  • John Hamilton as Simon Dayton, President Dayton Chemical Co.
  • Wilbur Mack as Russell, Dayton's Office Manager
  • Lee Tung Foo as Tchin, Wong's Servant (credited as Lee Tong Foo)
  • Lynton Brent as Detective Tommy
  • Grace Wood as Mrs. Carl Roemer

    • References

    Mr. Wong, Detective Wikipedia
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    Mr. Wong, Detective IMDb Mr. Wong, Detective themoviedb.org