The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934)
- Directed by
- William Nigh
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 03m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 4.3 of 10 from 26 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A wisecracking reporter investigates a criminal mastermind in Chinatown who is after twelve ancient coins. The story involves a Fu Manchu type villain and a mystery surrounding the coins.
tongue-in-cheeklighthearteddatedfast-pacedwhimsicalcampy
What happens
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a tongue-in-cheek 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. The film is based on Harry Stephen Keeler's 1928 short story "The Strange Adventure of the Twelve Coins of Confucius" one of three stories in Keeler's book Sing Sing Nights. Despite the name of the title character and being directed by William Nigh, it has no relation to Monogram Pictures later Mr Wong film series. The character of Mr. Wong does not appear in the original story. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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