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The Mysterious Mr Wong ** (1934, Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge) – Classic Movie Review 11,991

Director William Nigh’s 1934 tongue-in-cheek black and white Monogram Pictures’ horror mystery movie The Mysterious Mr Wong stars Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, and Arline Judge. A wildly miscast Bela Lugosi, who was Hungarian, plays a Chinatown underworld criminal […]

Mar, 08

The Fatal Hour ** (1940, Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers) – Classic Movie Review 5605

In the sequel to Mr Wong in Chinatown (1939), The Fatal Hour is the well-plotted and intriguing fourth of the six-film Mr Wong crime thriller series. Boris Karloff again stars as Chinese sleuth James Lee Wong, […]

Jun, 14

The Mystery of Mr Wong *** (1939, Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Craig Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 5598

Despite his odd casting, Boris Karloff is good serious fun as Mr James Lee Wong, the Oriental detective, investigating a stolen gem and murder, in director William Nigh’s most entertaining and satisfying 1937 film version […]

Jun, 13

Mr Wong in Chinatown ** (1939, Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds) – Classic Movie Review 5599

Boris Karloff continues to battle his odd and uneasy casting as San Francisco Chinese detective James Lee Wong, investigating an oriental princess’s death by poison dart in his hallway, in Monogram Pictures’ intriguing if modest […]

Jun, 13

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