Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
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In the last of Monogram's "Mr. Wong" whodunits, Keye Luke takes over from Boris Karloff as the Chinese detective Jimmy Lee Wong, more of an amateur sleuth, really, than his eminent predecessor. The subject for Wong's examination is the poisoning of Dr. Benton (Charles F. Miller), the leader of an expedition to Mongolia and the possessor of a mysterious and seemingly deadly scroll. With Captain Street (Grant Withers) and the dead man's Chinese secretary (Lotus Long alternately aiding and obstructing the investigation, Wong gets to the bottom of things within the expected 68 minutes or so by using himself as a decoy. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Starring:
- Keye Luke, Lotus Long, (more)
- Director(s):
- Phil Rosen
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Phantom of Chinatown
In the last of Monogram's "Mr. Wong" whodunits, Keye Luke takes over from Boris Karloff as the Chinese detective Jimmy Lee Wong, more of an amateur sleuth, really, than his eminent predecessor. The subject for Wong's examination is the poisoning of Dr. Benton (Charles F. Miller), the leader of an expedition to Mongolia and the possessor of a mysterious and seemingly deadly scroll. With Captain Street (Grant Withers) and the dead man's Chinese secretary (Lotus Long alternately aiding and obstructing the investigation, Wong gets to the bottom of things within the expected 68 minutes or so by using himself as a decoy. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 62 mins
Complete Cast of Phantom of Chinatown
- Keye Luke - Jimmy Wong
- Grant Withers - Captain Street
- Charles Miller - Dr. John Benton
- Lee Tung Foo - Foo
- John Dilson - Charles Fraser
- John Holland - Mason
- Jack Perrin
- Victor Wong - Charley One
- Lotus Long - Win Len
- Paul McVey - Grady
- Virginia Carpenter - Louise Benton
- Willy Castello - Jonas
- Huntly Gordon - Wilkes
- Robert Kellard - Tommy Dean
- Richard Terry
- Director(s):
- Phil Rosen
- Writer(s):
- George Waggner, Joseph West
- Producer(s):
- Paul Malvern
- Categories:
- Mystery & Suspense
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