Search - Mr. Wong in Chinatown on DVD

Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1939 DVD Release: 08/27/2002 Format: DVD - Black and White Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 8 mins Studio: Alpha Video Total Copies: 2 Genres: Mystery, Crime, Detective Film

A mysterious visitor is found murdered in Mr. Wong's study in this, the third of Monogram's low-budget thrillers, featuring Hugh Wiley's Chinese detective. A startled Wong (Boris Karloff) learns from enterprising girl reporter Bobby Logan (Marjorie Reynolds) that the murder victim is Princess Lin Hwa (Lotus Long), in San Francisco to buy airplanes for her brother's army. Both the princess' traveling companion (Bessie Loo) and a mysterious dwarf (Angelo Rossitto) become victims of a mystery killer, who uses an ancient Chinese dart as his weapon of choice. The trail leads to a steamer in the San Francisco harbor, whose captain, Jalme (William Royle), is highly suspicious. Also among the would-be murderers are a phony airplane manufacturer (Peter George Lynn) and a local banker (Huntly Gordon). Although kidnapped by Jalme, Mr. Wong manages to unmask the real culprit. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide

Grant Withers - Inspector Sam Street
Marjorie Reynolds - Bobby Logan
Peter George Lynn - Capt. Jackson
William Royle - Capt. Jaime, "Orient Maid"
Huntly Gordon - Davidson, Bank Manager

William Nigh directs Boris Karloff in the mystery film Mr. Wong in Chinatown, which comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Stereo. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this inexpensive release from Alpha should be of interest to any enthusiast of old-time Hollywood entertainment. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide