michaelRokeefe Review of Mr. Wong, Detective

Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)

Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto move over for Mr. Wong.

[6/10 · 18 May 2012]

In the acclaimed footsteps of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto, Hugh Wiley has created Mr. James Lee Wong, a Chinese-born San Francisco sleuth. Simon Dayton(John Hamilton), President of the Dayton Chemical Company is in fear of his life. Even his two partners are urging him to sign papers giving them his share of the company upon his death. Mr. Dayton has made an appointment for Mr. Wong(Boris Karloff) to come to his office; but when Wong arrives, Mr. Dayton has mysteriously been murdered. Wong will now contend with foreign agents that are after a formula for a deadly poison gas being produced by Dayton's company. Suspects are cunning, but not so allusive. This 70 minute low budget mystery seems to have a less than original story line. Other players: Grant Williams, Maxine Jennings, William Gould, George Lloyd and Evelyn Brent.