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The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1939 · 68 mins · English
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- Directed by
- William Nigh
- Starring
- Boris Karloff, Morgan Wallace, Ivan Lebedeff, Dorothy Tree, Holmes Herbert, Jack Kennedy
A gay party is shattered by murder and the theft of the world’s most valuable jewel. Detective James Lee Wong is tasked with retrieving the cursed sapphire known as the ‘Eye of the Daughter of the Moon,’ stolen in China and smuggled to America. His investigation leads him through Chinatown into the ‘House of Hate’ before the gem can claim a victim.
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