Doomed to Die
The master of crime cleans up the dirty game of murder!
1940 | 68m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | William Nigh |
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| Writer: | Michael Jacoby, Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
| Staring: |
| Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the very moment of kicking out his daughter's fiance Dick Fleming. Of course, Captain Street arrests Dick, but reporter Bobbie Logan, the attractive thorn in Street's side, is so convinced he's wrong that she enlists the help of detective James Lee Wong to find the real killer. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 12, 1940 |
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| Director: | William Nigh |
| Writer: | Michael Jacoby, Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
| Genres: | Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | detective, daughter, reporter, shipping, magnate, mr. wong |
| Production Companies | Monogram Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Boris Karloff | James Lee Wong |
| Marjorie Reynolds | Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan |
| Grant Withers | Capt. William Street |
| William Stelling | Dick Fleming |
| Catherine Craig | Cynthia Wentworth |
| Guy Usher | Paul Fleming |
| Henry Brandon | Attorney Victor Martin |
| Melvin Lang | Cyrus B. Wentworth |
| Wilbur Mack | Matthews |
| Kenneth Harlan | Ludlow |
| Richard Loo | Tong Leader |
| Tris Coffin | Mr. Baldwin - Adjuster (uncredited) |
| Gibson Gowland | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Jack Kennedy | Police Sgt. Casey (uncredited) |
| Bill Willmering | Det. Blake (uncredited) |
| Mike Donovan | Det. Mike |
| Maxine Leslie | Miss Reed - Secretary |
| Moy Ming | Aged Tong Member |
| Angelo Rossitto | Newsboy #3 in Montage |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William Nigh | Director |
| Michael Jacoby | Screenplay |
| Harry Neumann | Director of Photography |
| Robert Golden | Editor |
| Gordon Bau | Makeup Artist |
| Karl Zint | Sound Recordist |
| Edward J. Kay | Music |
| Charles J. Bigelow | Production Manager |
| Glenn Cook | Assistant Director |
| Ralph Gilbert Bettison | Story |
| Hugh Wiley | Characters |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Paul Malvern | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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I love Boris Karloff so much in this 5-pack of early films he made that it doesn't bother me that he plays an Oriental detective. He threw himself, vitally, into every role he portrayed, and that's why he's so beloved today. ...
When a fire engulfs the "Wentworth Castle" at sea, the owner "Cyrus P. Wentworth" is devastated: very shortly afterwards, and after altering his will, he is dead! Enter "Mr. Wong" ( a thickly-accented Karloff) who has to navigate some quite choppy waters to establish a trail for this crime; particul ... arly when it emerges that the ill-fated ship was carrying 1½ million dollars worth of bonds and that his daughter is in love with a man (the son of his bitterest rival) - who was also the last man to see "Wentworth" alive. It's actually quite a fun feature with plenty of action and quite a bit of humour. What is odd here, is that Karloff hardly features at all - much of the detection is done by Police Captain "Street" (Grant Withers) and local reporter "Bobbie" (Marjorie Reynolds). It certainly passes an hour with plenty of scope for Wong Tong puns....