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Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 1, 1939

Runtime

1h 11m

Genres

Mystery, Thriller

User Score

54%

Original Title

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Director

William Nigh

Description

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...