| The Mysterious Mr. Wong | |
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Theatrical poster to The Mysterious Mr. Wong |
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| 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 |
| Editing by | Jack Ogilvie |
| Studio | Monogram Pictures |
| Distributed by | Sono Art-World Wide Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 22 December 1934 |
| Running time | 63 min |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935) is a mystery film starring Bela Lugosi as a powerful criminal of the Chinatown underworld, and Wallace Ford as a wisecracking reporter.
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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. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
Bela Lugosi ... Mr. Fu Wong / Lysee
Wallace Ford ... Jason H. Barton
Arline Judge ... Peg
E. Alyn Warren ... Philip Tsang
The film is based on Harry Stephen Keeler's novel "The twelve coins of Confucius".