Mr. Wong in Chinatown

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American film film mystery film

Mr. Wong in Chinatown is a 1939 American mystery film in the Mr. Wong detective series, featuring the Chinese-American sleuth investigating a murder tied to international intrigue in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

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Label Occurrences
Mr. Wong in Chinatown canonical 5
Mr. Wong, Detective 3
Mr. Wong detective series 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
basedOn James Lee Wong character ⓘ
stories by Hugh Wiley ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
character Captain Bill Street ⓘ
James Lee Wong ⓘ
Roberta Logan ⓘ
cinematography Harry Neumann ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director William Nigh ⓘ
distributor Allied Artists Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Monogram Pictures
editor Russell F. Schoengarth ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
followedBy The Fatal Hour ⓘ
follows The Mysterious Mr. Wong ⓘ
surface form: The Mystery of Mr. Wong
genre crime film ⓘ
detective film ⓘ
mystery film ⓘ
hasFilmRating Passed ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject international intrigue ⓘ
murder investigation ⓘ
musicBy Edward J. Kay ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Mr. Wong in Chinatown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mr. Wong detective series
plotSummary James Lee Wong investigates the murder of a Chinese princess in San Francisco’s Chinatown involving international intrigue and smuggling. ⓘ
producer William Nigh ⓘ
productionCompany Allied Artists Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Monogram Pictures
releaseDate 1939-08-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1939 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 71 ⓘ
screenwriter Houston Branch ⓘ
series Mr. Wong film series ⓘ
setIn San Francisco Chinatown ⓘ
surface form: Chinatown, San Francisco

San Francisco ⓘ
starring Boris Karloff ⓘ
George Lynn ⓘ
Grant Withers ⓘ
Huntley Gordon ⓘ
Marjorie Reynolds ⓘ
yearOfWork 1939 ⓘ

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Lotus Long → notableWork → Mr. Wong in Chinatown ⓘ
Mr. Wong in Chinatown → partOf → Mr. Wong in Chinatown self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Wong detective series
The Fatal Hour → precededBy → Mr. Wong in Chinatown ⓘ
James Lee Wong → firstFilmAppearance → Mr. Wong in Chinatown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Wong, Detective
James Lee Wong → filmAppearance → Mr. Wong in Chinatown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Wong, Detective
James Lee Wong → filmAppearance → Mr. Wong in Chinatown ⓘ
Captain Bill Street → appearsIn → Mr. Wong in Chinatown ⓘ
Captain Bill Street → appearsIn → Mr. Wong in Chinatown ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mr. Wong, Detective
Roberta Logan → appearsIn → Mr. Wong in Chinatown ⓘ