The Mysterious Mr. Wong

"A fight for an empire behind the curtained mysteries of San Francisco's Chinatown!"

Dec 22 1934 Approved 1h 3m
Mystery

Mr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.

Plot

Investigating a series of murders in Chinatown, wise-guy reporter Jason Barton is captured by the megalomaniacal Mr. Wong, desperately trying to complete his collection of the twelve gold coins of Confucius, with which he will be able to acquire the power to become ruler of a large province in China.

Written by

Harry Stephen Keeler, Lew Levenson, Nina Howatt

Directed by

William Nigh

Cast

Bela Lugosi, Wallace Ford, Arline Judge

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
906
Average Rating
4.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA