Mr. Wong, Detective

Thousands asked to see Collier's Magazine famous detective on the screen... here he is!

A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

1938

Crime·Thriller·Mystery

1h 10min

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Top Billed Cast

Boris Karloff
James Lee Wong
Grant Withers
Police Capt. Sam Street
Maxine Jennings
Myra Ross
Evelyn Brent
Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome
George Lloyd
Devlin
Lucien Prival
Anton Mohl
John St. Polis
Carl Roemer
William Gould
Theodore Meisle
Hooper Atchley
Christian Wilk
John Hamilton
Simon Dayton
Wilbur Mack
Russell
Lee Tung Foo
Tchin
Lynton Brent
Tommy
Grace Wood
Mrs. Roemer
Frank Bruno
Lescardi (uncredited)
Ed Cassidy
Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers
Chemistry Lab Director (uncredited)
Clancy Cooper
Warehouse Man (uncredited)
George DeNormand
John (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Coroner (uncredited)

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