Mr. Wong in Chinatown

Year: 1939

Runtime: 71 mins

Language: English

Director: William Nigh

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After a frightened Chinese woman seeks help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, she is killed in his foyer by a poisoned dart, managing only to write “Captain J” on a scrap. She is revealed as Princess Lin Hwa on a covert mission for Chinese forces resisting the Japanese invasion. Wong discovers two men both titled Captain J, each hiding secret motives, while fog rolls over the waterfront and the lethal dart gun remains at large.

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