

Mr. Wong, Detective
Thousands asked to see Collier's Magazine famous detective on the screen... here he is!
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.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- poison
- detective
- investigation
- murder
- meditative
- mysterious
- calm
- relaxed
- introspective
- assertive
- condescending
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- TheatricalNR5 Oct 1938
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Mr. Wong, Detective was released on 5 October 1938.
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CinemaSerf
6/20/2022
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 essent…
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