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.
1934 film by William Nigh
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Directed by | William Nigh |
Written by | Harry Stephen Keeler (story) Lew Levenson |
Produced by | George Yohalem |
Starring | Bela Lugosi Wallace Ford Arline Judge E. Alyn Warren |
Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
Edited by | Jack Ogilvie |
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Distributed by | Sono Art-World Wide Pictures |
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Running time | 63 min |
Country | United States |
Language | English |