Mr. Wong, Detective
Thousands asked to see Collier's Magazine famous detective on the screen... here he is!
CrimeThrillerMysterypoisondetectiveinvestigationmurdermeditativemysteriouscalmrelaxedintrospectiveassertivecondescending
A methodical 1930s detective mystery centered on a cool, cerebral investigator unraveling a series of poisonings through careful deduction.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
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
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Hidden gem
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