Phantom of Chinatown

A Slight Case Of Murder... Solved by Jimmy Wong!

5.8
19401h 2m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Keye Luke

Keye Luke

James Lee Wong

Photo of Lotus Long

Lotus Long

Win Lee, Benton's Secretary

Photo of Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Police Captain Street

Photo of Huntley Gordon

Huntley Gordon

Dr. Norman Wilkes

Photo of Virginia Carpenter

Virginia Carpenter

Louise Benton

Photo of John Dilson

John Dilson

Charlie Frasier

Photo of Paul McVey

Paul McVey

Detective Grady

Photo of Robert Kellard

Robert Kellard

Tommy Dean

Photo of Lynton Brent

Lynton Brent

Radio News Broadcaster

Photo of Jack Cheatham

Jack Cheatham

Stakeout Cop

Photo of Heinie Conklin

Heinie Conklin

Detective in Refrigerator

Photo of William Gould

William Gould

Policeman

Photo of Victor Wong

Victor Wong

Charley Won

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Reviews

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CinemaSerf

6/10

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.

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