Mysterious Mr. Wong (1935)
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To the world at large, Mr. Wong (Bela Lugosi) is a harmless shopkeeper in the Chinatown district (where no one seems unduly put off by his Hungarian accent) In truth, however, Wong is an eeeeevil Mandarin who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the Twelve Coins of Confucious, which according… More To the world at large, Mr. Wong (Bela Lugosi) is a harmless shopkeeper in the Chinatown district (where no one seems unduly put off by his Hungarian accent) In truth, however, Wong is an eeeeevil Mandarin who'll stop at nothing to get his hands on the Twelve Coins of Confucious, which according to legend will allow him to rule over the Chinese province of Keelat. In his efforts to obtain these coins, Wong leaves a trail of corpses behind, eventually arousing the suspicions of wisecracking reporter Jason Barton (Wallace Ford). Narrowly escaping assassination in a Chinese restaurant, Barton and his sweetheart Peg (Arline Judge) take refuge in Wong's humble shop, where they stumble into a gathering of the villain's henchmen. Will our hero and heroine escape in time to thwart the sinister, seemingly all-powerful Mr. Wong? Boasting a full-blooded performance by Bela Lugosi and campy dialogue to spare (much of it astonishingly racist!), Mysterious Mr. Wong is a bad-movie buff's delight. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William Nigh
- Written By
- Harry Stephen Keeler, Lew Levenson
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Dec 22, 1934 Wide
- Studio
- Independent International Pictures Corp.
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Mostly, the film is a chance for Lugosi to be sinister and say things like, "A few hours with the rats will loosen his tongue." Really, that's enough by itself.
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Cast
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Bela Lugosi
as Mr. Wong
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Wallace Ford
as Jason Barton
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Arline Judge
as Peg
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Fred Warren
as Tsung
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Lotus Long
as Moonflower
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Robert E. O'Connor
as McGillicuddy
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Luke Chan
as Chan Fu
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Lee Shumway
as Brandon Editor
- Chester Gan
- Etta Lee
- James B. Leong
- Theodore Lorch
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Edward Peil Sr.
as Jen Yu
- E. Alyn Warren
