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Mr. Wong Series (Disc 1) (1941)
Rating:
Starring: Boris Karloff, Keye Luke, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers
Director: William Nigh
Category: Classics, Classics
Studio: Roan Group
Subtitles:
Length:
403 mins

 
 

 

Boris Karloff - Six Uncut Features

The success of Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto inspired Mongram to cast Boris Karloff in Mr. Wong, Detective (1938), based on Colliers stories by Hugh Wiley. This was remade as The Docks of New Orleans, a 1948 Charlie Chan movie! With Karloff as James Lee Wong and Grant Withers as Capt. Street, the tone was set for all six films, which have been restored for this DVD.

Some consider The Mystery Of Mr. Wong (1939) the best Wong picture, thanks to strong direction from William Nigh. Mr. Wong In Chinatown (1939) added another regular, Margorie Reynolds as Bobby Logan. It was also remade as a Chan picture, The Chinese Ring.

Karloff and the regular cast continued to shine in The Fatal Hour and Doomed To Die (both 1940). Later that year, Phantom Of Chinatown replaced Karloff with Keye Luke as Jimmy Wong. Grant Withers remained. Is this a prequel (with Luke as a younger Karloff) or a sequel (with Luke playing Wong's son a la Number One Son in the Charlie Chan pictures)?