Phantom of Chinatown
A Slight Case Of Murder... Solved by Jimmy Wong!
1940 | 62m | English
Popularity: 0.2 (history)
| Director: | Phil Rosen |
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| Writer: | George Waggner, Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
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| In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 18, 1940 |
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| Director: | Phil Rosen |
| Writer: | George Waggner, Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
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| Production Companies | Monogram Pictures |
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Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Keye Luke | James Lee Wong |
| Lotus Long | Win Lee, Benton's Secretary |
| Grant Withers | Police Captain Street |
| Charles Miller | Dr. John Benton / Cyrus Benton in Newspaper (as Charles Miller) |
| Huntley Gordon | Dr. Norman Wilkes |
| Virginia Carpenter | Louise Benton |
| John Dilson | Charlie Frasier |
| Paul McVey | Detective Grady |
| John Holland | Mason |
| Richard Terry | Toreno |
| Robert Kellard | Tommy Dean |
| Willy Castello | Jonas |
| Lee Tung Foo | Foo |
| Lynton Brent | Radio News Broadcaster |
| Jack Cheatham | Stakeout Cop |
| Heinie Conklin | Detective in Refrigerator |
| William Gould | Policeman |
| Bruce Mitchell | Police Officer Stationed at Front Door |
| William J. O'Brien | Extra in Audience at Benton's Lecture |
| Victor Wong | Charley Won |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Phil Rosen | Director |
| George Waggner | Screenplay |
| Ralph Gilbert Bettison | Story |
| Hugh Wiley | Characters |
| Edward J. Kay | Music |
| Fred Jackman Jr. | Director of Photography |
| Jack Ogilvie | Editor |
| Charles Clague | Art Direction |
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| Paul Malvern | Producer |
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This is quite a fun little murder mystery with Keye Luke on good form as "Jimmy Wong" who is brought in by police captain "Street" (Grant Withers) to investigate the murder of a renowned archaeologist who had only just returned from an expedition to Mongolia. Who did what to whom all revolves around ... the search for a mysterious scroll that he had recovered from a tomb. which may reveal the location of some large oil deposits. It's actually quite well written with plenty of twists and turns and it's not so very easy to guess the culprit until near the end of this short feature. Luke isn't as good as Karloff was in the earlier "Wong" films, but I found him easily as good and entertaining a detective in this as Sydney Toler was in many of the "Charlie Chan" films, in which Luke also appeared.