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Mr. Wong, Detective

Mr. Wong, Detective

  • Status: Released
  • 05-10-1938
  • Runtime: 70 min
  • Score: 5.5
  • Vote count: 28

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.

Boris Karloff

James Lee Wong

Grant Withers

Police Capt. Sam Street

Maxine Jennings

Myra Ross

Evelyn Brent

Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome

George Lloyd

Devlin

Lucien Prival

Anton Mohl

John St. Polis

Carl Roemer

William Gould

Theodore Meisle

Hooper Atchley

Christian Wilk

John Hamilton

Simon Dayton

Wilbur Mack

Russell

Lee Tung Foo

Tchin

Lynton Brent

Tommy

Grace Wood

Mrs. Roemer

Frank Bruno

Lescardi (uncredited)

Ed Cassidy

Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)

Wheaton Chambers

Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper

Warehouse Man (uncredited)

George DeNormand

John (uncredited)

Lester Dorr

Coroner (uncredited)

Herbert Evans

Wilk's Butler (uncredited)

Dick Reinhart

Dock Worker (uncredited)

CinemaSerf

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.