The Mysterious Mr. Wong
A fight for an empire behind the curtained mysteries of San Francisco's Chinatown!
Directed by William Nigh
Produced by Monogram Pictures
A 1930s pulp thriller built on exotic mystique and murder, where a dual-natured villain pursues supernatural artifacts while reporters race to stop him in shadowy Chinatown.
Mr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
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