The Mystery of Mr. Wong

Director: William Nigh William Nigh

Overview

This entry in the "Mr. Wong" mystery series concerns the theft of the the largest star sapphire in the world. The sapphire is stolen from China and turns up in the possession of an unscrupulous gem collector, who receives a death threat containing clues to the potential murderer's identity.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/05/2011
UPC:	0883904243298
Original Release:	1939
Source:	MGM
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[monaural]
Language:	English
Time:	1:10:00
Sales rank:	63,576

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Boris Karloff	James Lee Wong
Grant Withers	Capt. Sam Street
Dorothy Tree	Valerie Edwards
Morgan Wallace	Brendan Edwards
Craig Reynolds	Peter Harrison
Lotus Long	Drina, Maid
Holmes Herbert	Prof. Ed Janney
Ivan Lebedeff	Michael Strogonoff
Hooper Atchley	Carslake
Bruce Wong	Man
Lee Tung Foo	Willie
Chester Gan	Sing, Servant

Technical Credits

W. Darling

Scott R. Dunlap	Producer
William Nigh	Director
W. Darling	Screenwriter,Screenwriter
William Lackey	Producer

Editorial Reviews

Although lacking the ingenuity of the first Mr. Wong whodunit, Mr. Wong, Detective (1938), The Mystery of Mr. Wong remains an above-average B-thriller anchored by Boris Karloff's relaxed rendering of pulp writer Hugh Wiley's Oxford-educated Chinese sleuth. Although experienced armchair detectives may not find the solution to the riddle all that taxing -- after all, how many "Dr. Watsons" does Mr. Wong really need? -- the soft-spoken investigator performs his duty with a meticulousness lacking in some of his more outrageous colleagues and plot holes are few and far between. But why the title The Mystery of Mr. Wong? Wong himself is not at all mysterious; in fact, except for no-nonsense Detective-Sergeant Street (Grant Withers), he remains the least enigmatic of all the inhabitants, permanent or otherwise, of star-crossed Brandon Edwards Mansion.