San Francisco Detective Wong is contacted by Dayton, who fears for his life. When Wong arrives at Dayton Chemical Co. the next day, he finds him dead.
Mr. Wong, Detective 1938 HD | Mystery, Murder & Crime film by William Nigh | Boris Karloff
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Mr. Wong, Detective is a 1938 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff in his first appearance as Mr. Wong (James Lee Wong).
Plot
Simon Dayton is in fear for his life and seeks the help of Mr. Wong to protect him. Just prior to meeting Mr. Wong, Dayton is found dead in his office without a mark on him with several witnesses testifying Dayton was alone in his office that was locked from the inside. Though the police view Dayton’s death as due to a heart attack, Mr. Wong discovers a broken glass ball that contained poison gas.
Among the suspects are agents of a foreign power wishing to stop Dayton’s chemicals being sent to use on the foreign power in the form of the same poison gas that killed Dayton, Dayton’s business partners who will have Dayton’s share of the business come to them after Dayton’s death and the actual inventor of the chemical who has been cheated out of profits and recognition by Dayton.
Cast
- Boris Karloff as Mr. James Lee Wong
- Grant Withers as Captain Sam Street
- Maxine Jennings as Myra Ross, Dayton’s Secretary
- Evelyn Brent as Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome
- George Lloyd (actor) as Detective Lt. Devlin
- Lucien Prival as Anton Mohl, aka Baron Von Krantz
- John St. Polis as Carl Roemer, Poison Gas Inventor
- William Gould (actor) as Theodore Meisel, Dayton’s Partner
- Hooper Atchley as Christian Wilk, Dayton’s Partner
- Neil Hamilton (actor) as Simon Dayton, President Dayton Chemical Co.
- Wilbur Mack as Russell, Dayton’s Office Manager
- Lee Tung Foo as Tchin, Wong’s Servant (as Lee Tong Foo)
- Lynton Brent as Detective Tommy
- Grace Wood as Mrs. Carl Roemer
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