The Mysterious Mr. Wong

1934 film by William Nigh / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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.

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The Mysterious Mr. Wong
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Theatrical poster to The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Directed byWilliam Nigh
Written byHarry Stephen Keeler (story)
Lew Levenson
Produced byGeorge Yohalem
StarringBela Lugosi
Wallace Ford
Arline Judge
E. Alyn Warren
CinematographyHarry Neumann
Edited byJack Ogilvie
Production
company
Distributed bySono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release date
  • December 22, 1934 (1934-12-22)
Running time
63 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
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