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Doomed to Die (1940) -- Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
Doomed to Die (1940) -- Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.
Doomed to Die (1940) -- Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.

Overview

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Director:
William Nigh
Writers:
Hugh Wiley (characters from James Lee Wong stories in Collier's Magazine)
Ralph Gilbert Bettison (story)
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Release Date:
12 August 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Mystery more
Tagline:
The master of crime cleans up the dirty game of murder!
Plot:
Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
"Mr Wong, What are YOU doing here?" more (18 total)

Cast

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Boris Karloff ... James Lee Wong
Marjorie Reynolds ... Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan
Grant Withers ... Capt. William Street
William Stelling ... Dick Fleming
Catherine Craig ... Cynthia Wentworth
Guy Usher ... Paul Fleming
Henry Brandon ... Victor Martin
Melvin Lang ... Cyrus P. Wentworth
Wilbur Mack ... Matthews
Kenneth Harlan ... Ludlow
Richard Loo ... Tong Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tristram Coffin ... Baldwin - Adjuster (uncredited)
Mike Donovan ... Det. Mike (uncredited)

Gibson Gowland ... Doctor (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy ... Police Sgt. Casey (uncredited)
Maxine Leslie ... Miss Reed (uncredited)
Moy Ming ... Aged Tong Member (uncredited)
Angelo Rossitto ... Newsboy #3 in montage (uncredited)
Bill Willmering ... Det. Blake (uncredited)
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Directed by
William Nigh 
 
Writing credits
Hugh Wiley (characters from James Lee Wong stories in Collier's Magazine)

Ralph Gilbert Bettison (story) (as Ralph Bettinson)

Michael Jacoby (screenplay) (as Michel Jacoby)

Produced by
Paul Malvern .... associate producer
Scott R. Dunlap .... executive producer (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Harry Neumann (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Robert Golden 
 
Makeup Department
Gordon Bau .... makeup artist (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Charles J. Bigelow .... production manager
Scott R. Dunlap .... executive in charge of production
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Glenn Cook .... assistant director (as Glen Cook)
 
Sound Department
Karl Zint .... sound recording engineer
 
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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Mystery of Wentworth Castle
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Runtime:
68 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #6505)
Company:
Monogram Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The images of the burning of the fictitious liner Wentworth Castle is taken from actual news footage of the burning of the liner SS Morro Castle. The Morro Castle caught fire on 8 September 1934 during a trip from Havana to New York. The heavy loss of life combined with the beaching of the gutted hulk in New Jersey made it one of the biggest news stories of the day. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the Tong room scene with Wong, it's obvious that all of the scene, except the "Wentworth Castle" dialogue, was re-used from a previous Wong movie. The most notable clue is the Tong leader changing appearance between shots. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939) more

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3 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
"Mr Wong, What are YOU doing here?", 27 March 2006
7/10
Author: Spuzzlightyear from Vancouver

This is a pretty amusing, if slightly racist movie here. Boris Karloff plays a supposedly famous detective here, A Mr. Wong, who is asked to look into a murder of a shipping magnate. Was it done by the spurned lover of the magnate's daughter? Wong doesn't think so and goes into a tireless search for clues to the killing. Amusingly, Wong magically appears everywhere he's supposed to (check your fire escapes!) and uses until-now unknown methods of detective work (Papers that are burned to a crisp can be examined by infra-red light!). This is more than slightly ridiculous, and the fact that Karloff is playing an Asian character makes it even MORE so, so all in all, this turned out to be a lot of goofy fun :)

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