Mr. Wong in Chinatown
  • Title: Mr. Wong in Chinatown
  • Original Title: Mr. Wong in Chinatown
  • Release Date: 01/08/1939
  • Duration:71 Min / 01:11
  • Country:US
  • Genre:MysteryThriller

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A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess Lin Hwa, on a secret military mission for Chinese forces fighting the Japanese invasion. Mr. Wong finds two captains with the intial J in the case, neither being quite what he seems; there's fog on the waterfront and someone still has that poison-dart gun...

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