Mr. Wong in Chinatown

August. 01,1939      NR
Rating:
5.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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...

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
Ernie Stanton as  Bailey

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