Wong features starring boris karloff finds wealthy gemcollector brandon edwards gaining possession of the largest star sapphire in the world, the eye of the daughter of the moon, after it has been stolen in china. Mr wong helps street sort out the details to uncover all the secrets and the murderer. Wong 1939 nr 03081939 us drama, mystery, thriller 1h 8m user score. Wong 1939 this is the second film in the monogram series featuring boris karloff as the softspoken chinese detective, james lee wong. Wong finds two captains with the intial j in the case, neither being quite what he. The mystery of mr wong full movie good quality 1939. Wong in chinatown is a 1939 american mystery film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff. Wong en streaming, telecharger film the mystery of mr. See more ideas about charlie chan, detective movies and film.
Wong remains an aboveaverage bthriller anchored by boris karloffs relaxed rendering of pulp writer hugh wileys oxfordeducated chinese sleuth. Once the killing has happened the story goes all over the place as a standard bmystery. A surprisingly well made mystery film done by tiny monogram. Soon after, the collector receives a death threat, and knowing the jewels reputation for being cursed, calls in mr. Inspector street is summoned to the scene of the crime and is followed by reporter bobby logan, who identifies. Wong janet derow the corpse came c o d george brent, joan blondell, adele jergens 1947 duration. Bela lugosi changes genres in 1934s the mysterious mr. Karloff is great as usual, but too much focus is put on the police captain and the newspaper woman, instead of the more enigmatic mr. The mystery of mr wong full movie 1939 hd crime drama. Wong mystery series concerns the theft of the the largest star sapphire in the world. The sapphire is stolen from china and turns up in the possession of an unscrupulous. And that makes for a good movie on par with the bmysteries the major studios would do, professionally done by william nigh. As li see he is the low profile owner of a herb shop patronized for comic relief by a stereotypical irish cop.
Both were an adaptation of his story for the 1931 film murder at midnight. With boris karloff, grant withers, dorothy tree, craig reynolds. Wong is a tongueincheek 1934 mystery film starring bela lugosi as a powerful fu manchu type criminal mastermind of the chinatown underworld, and wallace ford as a wisecracking reporter. Wong is the second of five lowbudget films with boris karloff as oxfordeducated detective james lee wong, based on a series of short stories by hugh wiley, this time attempting to solve a mystery of murder and jewel theft. With boris karloff, marjorie reynolds, grant withers, huntley gordon. Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as the eye of the daughter of the moon. Wong 1939 cast and crew art collector brandon edwards morgan wallace is murdered shortly after smuggling a precious jewel out of china, despite a. Wongs study in this, the third of monograms lowbudget thrillers, featuring hugh wileys chinese detective. Wong film featured chineseamerican actor keye luke in the title role, the first time an american sound film used an asian actor to play a lead asian detective. Wong is a 1939 american mystery crime film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff plot art collector brandon edwards morgan wallace is murdered shortly after. A pretty chinese woman, seeking help from san francisco detective james lee wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl captain j on a sheet of paper. Theyre splashing out more money on the wong vehicle with boris karloff then any of their other productions. Wong late at night but is murdered before she can tell him why she needs his help.
Wong, except for the last film, where he was played by keye luke. Detective james lee wong must find the eye of the daughter of the moon, a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in china and smuggled to america. But he is secretly the title character who will stop at nothing to gather all twelve of the coins of confucius. Wong with boris karloff, and its not as good as the two previous films. Wong is a 1939 american mystery film directed by william nigh and. Wong s study in this, the third of monograms lowbudget thrillers, featuring hugh wileys chinese detective.
This was the first film in the series and some characters are added later and become more refined. Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as the eye of the daugther of the moon. Inspector street is summoned to the scene of the crime and is followed by reporter bobby logan, who identifies the victim as a chinese. Wong series, the first 5 starring boris karloff as the popular chinese detective, and the final one starring keye luke. The film is based on harry stephen keelers 1928 short story the strange adventure of the twelve coins of confucius one of three stories in keelers book sing. Wong must solve the murder of an antiques collector whose fabulous diamond is stolen. Wong is a thrilling mystery made at the height of hollywoods fascination with asian sleuths. Wong 1939 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Here he must unravel the reason behind the unexpected shooting death of a jealous husband at a party, and the secret surrounding a cursed sapphire that was smuggled out of china. A gay party is interrupted by murder and the worlds most costly jewel stolen. Wong 1939 art collector brandon edwards morgan wallace is murdered shortly after smuggling a precious jewel out of china. Wong is a 1939 american mystery film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff. Luke had formerly played one of charlie chan s sons in the chan mysteries and.
Wong correctly guesses the mystery being enacted as murder comes at midnight. A startled wong boris karloff learns from enterprising girl reporter bobby logan marjorie reynolds that the murder victim is princess lin hwa, in san francisco to buy airplanes for her brothers army. Boris karloff, grant withers and dorothy tree the mr. Wong, detective is a 1938 american crime film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff in his first appearance as mr. Wong en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine. She proves to be princess lin hwa, on a secret military mission for chinese forces fighting the japanese. Wong arrives in the middle of the collectors party, and soon after being presented with all the clues to the case, the collector is murdered when the lights go out briefly. Mystery thriller detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as the eye of the daugther of the moon. Wong 1939 68 min mystery 8 march 1939 usa boris karloff mr. Wong 1939 toutes les infos sur le film complet the mystery of mr. Wong in chinatown is a 1939 american mystery film directed by william nigh and starring boris karloff as mr. After one more murder the suspect list is dwindling wong exposes the killer, turns him over to police inspector street, and wong departs to return the gem to china. She proves to be princess lin hwa, on a secret military mission for chinese.
A gay party is interrupted by murder and the worlds most costly jewel. Wong is a 1939 film about a detective who tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel. The story is about a pretty chinese woman, seeking help from san francisco detective. Wong, contains some elements from murder at midnight, including the playlet acted during a game of charades. Mr wong in the mystery of mr wong 1939 with boris karloff. She proves to be princess lin hwa, on a secret military mission for chinese forces fighting the japanese invasion. Wong 1939 cast and crew art collector brandon edwards morgan wallace is murdered shortly after smuggling a precious jewel out of china, despite a warning that whoever takes. The solution to this one is kind of obvious about halfway through so i was shouting at the screen for the last half, though that didnt help wong and street solve it faster. Although experienced armchair detectives may not find the solution to the riddle all that taxing after all, how many. Wong discovers that she is princess lin hwa, the sister of a powerful chinese general, and that she. Wong boris karloff is on the case once more after a beautiful chinese princess lotus long is murdered in his san francisco home.
This is a list of all of the movies starring both mr. The second film in the mystery series about a chinese sleuth, this one concerns the theft of the eye of the daughter of the moon, the largest star sapphire in the world, which is stolen from china and turns up in the possession of an unscrupulous gem collector, who receives a death threat containing clues to the potential murderers identity and calls in mr. Drama, mystery, thriller, film gratuit telechargements. Wong 1939 by hnetwork on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Wong, two series starring caucasian actors playing asian detectives. Luke had formerly played one of charlie chan s sons in the chan mysteries and kato in the green hornet 1939 serial. Wong finds wealthy gemcollector brandon edwards gaining possession of the largest star sapphire in the.
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