The Mysterious Mr. Wong

The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Theatrical poster to The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Directed by	William Nigh
Produced by	George Yohalem
Written by	Harry Stephen Keeler (story) Lew Levenson
Starring	Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford Arline Judge E. Alyn Warren
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	Jack Ogilvie
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release dates	December 22, 1934 (1934-12-22)
Running time	63 min
Country	United States
Language	English

The Mysterious Mr. Wong is a tongue-in-cheek 1934 mystery film starring Bela Lugosi as a powerful Fu Manchu type criminal mastermind of the Chinatown underworld, and Wallace Ford as a wisecracking reporter. The film is based on Harry Stephen Keeler's 1928 short story "The Strange Adventure of the Twelve Coins of Confucius" one of three stories in Keeler's book Sing Sing Nights. Despite the name of the title character and being directed by William Nigh, it has no relation to Monogram Pictures later Mr Wong film series. The character of Mr. Wong does not appear in the original story.

Plot

Bela Lugosi stars as Mr. Wong, a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Though played up as a Tong war, ace reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail as is the Chinese Secret Service. All parties soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.

Cast

Bela Lugosi ... Mr. Fu Wong / Lai See
Wallace Ford ... Jason H. Barton
Arline Judge ... Peg
E. Alyn Warren ... Philip Tsang
Lotus Long ... Moonflower
Robert Emmett O'Connor ... Officer McGillicuddy
Chester Gan ... Tung aka "Hi Strung"
Edward Peil Sr. ... Jen Yu - Wong Henchman
Luke Chan ... Professor Chan Fu
Lee Shumway ... Editor Steve Brandon
Etta Lee ... Lu San
Ernest F. Young ... Reporter Chuck Roberts

External links

The Mysterious Mr. Wong at the Internet Movie Database
The Mysterious Mr. Wong is available for free download at the Internet Archive
The Mysterious Mr. Wong on YouTube

Films directed by William Nigh

Salomy Jane (1914)
Emmy of Stork's Nest (1915)
The Kiss of Hate (1916)
The Slave (1917)
Wife Number Two (1917)
Casey of the Coast Guard (1926)
The Fire Brigade (1926)
Mr. Wu (1927)
The Nest (1927)
The Law of the Range (1928)
Across to Singapore (1928)
Four Walls (1928)
Desert Nights (1929)
Thunder (1929)
Lord Byron of Broadway (1930)
Without Honor (1932)
Men Are Such Fools (1932)
Mystery Liner (1934)
House of Mystery (1934)
City Limits (1934)
Monte Carlo Nights (1934)
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
She Gets Her Man (1935)
His Night Out (1935)
The Old Homestead (1935)
Don't Get Personal (1936)
Crash Donovan (1936)
Bill Cracks Down (1937)
The Law Commands (1937)
Hoosier Schoolboy (1937)
Atlantic Flight (1937)
A Bride for Henry (1937)
Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
Gangster's Boy (1938)
The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
The Streets of New York (1939)
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Mutiny in the Big House (1939)
The Fatal Hour (1940)
Son of the Navy (1940)
Doomed to Die (1940)
The Ape (1940)
Zis Boom Bah (1941)
Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Black Dragons (1942)
Lady from Chungking (1942)
Corregidor (1943)
The Ghost and the Guest (1943)
Trocadero (1944)
Divorce (1945)
Allotment Wives (1945)
The Gay Cavalier (1946)
Partners in Time (1946)
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)

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