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The Mystery of Mr. Wong

A gay party is interrupted by murder and the world's most costly jewel stolen!

5.9(24)19391h 8m1

Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded "House of Hate" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again.

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Released
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Language
English
Part of Mr. Wong Collection · 6 films
  • private detective
  • mr. wong

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Director

William Nigh

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR8 Mar 1939

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The Mystery of Mr. Wong was released on 8 March 1939.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/22/2022

    6/10

    Luckily, I've never been a great fan of charades - which is just as well because in this short and sweet little murder mystery, it (called "Indications" here) proves to have quite lethal consequences! It falls to "Capt. Street" (Grant Withers) assisted by criminologists "Wong" (Boris Karloff) and his pal "Janney" (Holmes Herbert) to try to establish why "Edwards" was shot during the role-playing game. As ever, there …

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