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
Distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures
Release dates
  • December 22, 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. 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. It has no relation to Monogram Pictures later Mr Wong film series.

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. 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.

Cast

Bela Lugosi ... Mr. Fu Wong / Lysee
Wallace Ford ... Jason H. Barton
Arline Judge ... Peg
E. Alyn Warren ... Philip Tsang

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