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Mr. Wong Detective | 
 enlarge | Actors: Hooper Atchley, Evelyn Brent, Lynton Brent, Frank Bruno, Lee Tung Foo
Studio: Genius Entertainment
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 180414
Format: Black & White, Ntsc
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 69 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.2 x 4.8 x 0.2
UPC: 796019560290
EAN: 0796019560290
ASIN: B0001WCQ1I
Theatrical Release Date: 1938
Publication Date: 2003
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Product Description
DIGITALLY REMASTERED Region Code: Region 1: US, CA Display Format: Full Screen Genre: Crime & Thrillers Sub-Genre: Mystery & Suspense Distributor Description: Mr. Wong is visited by an industralist, Simon Dayton, who fears for his life. When Dayton is found murdered, Wong investigates the killing. Two more murders are discovered, and Wong uncovers an international spy ring that is hoping to steal the formula for a poisonous gas being developed by Simon Dayton's company. Star(s): Boris Karloff. New Easily Stored Designer cardboard sleeve packaging. Digitally Remastered B&W 1938 69 minutes Distributed By: Movie Classics
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 Introducing Detective James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff) April 28, 2005
B. Chandler (Arlington, Texas)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not to be out detected by Charlie Chan or Mr. Moto, the Oxford-educated oriental sleuth Mr. James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff) has his own series of movies. This is the first and considered the best.
A businessman suspects that he is about to be murdered. He enlists the help of James Lee Wong "detective". Naturally this is a 10 O'clock appointment for the next day. You guessed it; it was the "Wong" move, as he was too late.
You will be familiar with all the elements of this mystery. However these elements were very well put together in this film. Yep, everyone is acting very suspicious, and as usual, it is the last person you would suspect.
Looks like a choice of price versus quality. This copy is not been restored. There other versions that have been restored. However, you get ten minutes into the film and get so intrigued in the mystery that you forget all about quality.
 Boris Karloff's first case as detective James Lee Wong June 23, 2004
Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Having been the guest star in "Charlie Chan at the Opera," Boris Karloff takes his own turn at being a brilliant Chinese detective in "Mr. Wong, Detective," in an obvious effort by Monogram, a poverty row studio, to capitalize on the popular Charlie Chan series. When Simon Dayton (John Hamilton), a chemical manufacturer in San Francisco receives anonymous death threats after his company begins making poision gas, he seeks the help of James Lee Wong. Of course, the next day the man is killed by his own gas, quickly followed by two of his business partners. Soon Mr. Wong and Police Captain Street (Grant Withers) are on the trail of a group of foreign spies who want to steal the formula for the poison gas. This is an okay mystery of this type and I really thought they came up with a rather ingenious way of delivering the poison gas (remember the fear that people had of such a weapon after World War I). The plot is better than the acting, but that is standard for a film put out by Monogram (they did sixteen John Wayne B Westerns earlier in the decade). This 1938 film was directed by William Nigh and is based on the stories of Hugh Wiley, and gave Karloff something to do besides monster movies. You do not really buy that he is Chinese, but he does bring a certain dignity to the role, which is nice to see given the time when this film was made. Ironically, while the Mr. Wong films were made to capitalize on the success of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto, "Mr. Wong, Detective" was remade in 1948 as a Charlie Chan film, "Docks of New Orleans" (when Monogram finally bought the rights to the series they apparently had no money left to buy a new script). There were six Mr. Wong films, all made relatively quickly and cheaply. As you would expect, if you have seen one you have essentially seen them all. They are minor diversions at best.
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