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Mr. Wong in Chinatown

5.4(24)19391h 11m2

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...

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Released
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Language
English
Part of Mr. Wong Collection · 6 films
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Director

William Nigh

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR1 Aug 1939
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical14A1 Aug 1939
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalB-151 Aug 1939

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Mr. Wong in Chinatown was released on 1 August 1939.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/22/2022

    6/10

    When the Princess "Lin Hwa" (Lotus Long) is killed by a poisoned dart in the home of our eponymous San Francisco detective (Boris Karloff) she leaves him one, singly enigmatic, clue which he must utilise to thwart a gang involved with the Japanese occupation of China. Local plod "Capt. Street" (Grant Withers) bucks the trend of many similar style adventure films, and demonstrates some competence as the pair soon disc…

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