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Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) -- A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall...

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Director:
William Nigh
Writers:
Scott Darling (screenplay)
Hugh Wiley (characters: series in Collier's Magazine)
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Release Date:
1 August 1939 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery more
Plot:
A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall... more | add synopsis
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Too Much Street Fighting more (8 total)

Cast

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Boris Karloff ... Mr. James Lee Wong
Marjorie Reynolds ... Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan
Grant Withers ... Police Capt. Bill Street
Huntley Gordon ... Mr. Davidson
George Lynn ... Capt. Guy Jackson (as Peter George Lynn)
William Royle ... Capt. Jaime
James Flavin ... Police Sgt. Jerry
Lotus Long ... Princess Lin Hwa
Lee Tung Foo ... Willie (as Lee Tong Foo)
Bessie Loo ... Lilly May
Richard Loo ... Tong Chief
Ernie Stanton ... Burton
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

I. Stanford Jolley ... Palisser Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy ... Sgt. Brady (uncredited)
Donald Kerr ... Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack ... The Coroner (uncredited)
Moy Ming ... Aged Tong Member (uncredited)
Bruce Mitchell ... Police Officer at Explosion (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto ... Mute Dwarf (uncredited)
Guy Usher ... Police Commissioner (uncredited)
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Directed by
William Nigh 
 
Writing credits
Scott Darling (screenplay)

Hugh Wiley (characters: series in Collier's Magazine)

Produced by
William T. Lackey .... associate producer (as William Lackey)
 
Original Music by
Edward J. Kay (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Harry Neumann (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Russell F. Schoengarth  (as Russell Schoengarth)
 
Production Management
Charles J. Bigelow .... production manager (as Chas. J. Bigelow)
Scott R. Dunlap .... executive in charge of production
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
W.B. Eason .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Karl Zint .... sound recording engineer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Louis Brown .... wardrobe
 
Music Department
Edward J. Kay .... musical director (as Edward Kay)
Edward J. Kay .... composer: stock music (uncredited)
 
Other crew
E.R. Hickson .... technical director
 
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Runtime:
71 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #5515) | Sweden:15
Company:
Monogram Pictures more

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Too Much Street Fighting, 25 August 2005
5/10
Author: (jferguson3@verizon.net) from United States

As a fan of 1930s-1940s movies with an "Oriental" protagonist, I have collected all of the Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto, and Mr. Wong movies. However, this movie would have been much better had the all-too-frequent, painfully annoying, and downright noisy cat-fights between Captain Bill Street and Reporter Bobbie Logan ended up on the editor's cutting-room floor.

Another problem with this film is that Mr. Wong plays a much too passive role. All he seems to do is follow the lead of either the Captain or the Reporter. Bottom line: one quickly begins to wonder why Mr. Wong is in this movie, because he doesn't seem to be necessary to the plot.

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