Dr. John Benton is murdered while giving a lecture about a recent archaeological dig where he uncovered an ancient Chinese scroll. Detective James Lee Wong (this time played by Keye Luke) is on the scene to find the killer and solve the mystery of why the scroll is worth killing over. I think I read […]
The Grapes of Wrath - 1940
The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. After their drought-ridden farm is seized by the bank, the family — led by just-paroled son Tom — loads up a truck and heads West. On the road, beset by hardships, the Joads meet dozens […]
Doomed To Die - 1940
A million and a half dollars in bonds were taken from one of Cyrus P. Wentworth’s ships before it was mysteriously sunk and, shortly afterward, Wentworth was found murdered. Wentworth was kicking out his daughter’s fiance, Dick Flemming, at the time of his death and Dick is arrested as the primary suspect, but reporter Bobbie Logan […]
Midnight Limited - 1940
The Phantom Robber gets a fortune in jewels and some valuable papers from a robbery on the crack train “The Midnight Limited” and Val Lennon and his pretty assistant, Joan Marshall, are on his trail. But the Phantom strikes three more times and adds murder to his list. Val decides to use himself as bait, […]
The Devil Bat - 1940
Dr. Carruther seeks revenge on his old employers for betraying him and becoming rich off a product he invented. To gain said revenge, he electrically enlarges bats and sends them out to kill his employers and their families. He trains the bats to hate the particular scent of a perfume and gets people try it […]
The Invisible Killer - 1939
A murder is committed in a gambling joint that baffles police and investigators. When someone decides to come clean and give some info, he is also murdered in the same bizarre way. Victims of these murders are always full of bullets right after answering the phone. Could the killer somehow be harnessing a force of […]
Mr. Wong In Chinatown - 1939
A woman seeking help from detective James Wong is killed (Like the two other movies so far, people need to stay away from Mr. Wong!) with a poison dart before she has a chance to explain anything to Mr. Wong. As she dies she has just enough time to scribble “Captain J”
Flying Deuces - 1939
Ollie has fallen in love with Georgette, an innkeeper’s daughter. This is nice, except she is already married to a very dashing Foreign Legion officer. To forget his lost love troubles, he joins the Foreign Legion as well, dragging Stanley with him. In their idiotic bumbling, they get charged with desertion and are charged to […]
The Mystery of Mr. Wong - 1939
The second of the Mr. Wong series. In this one Boris finds Brandon Edwards who is getting the largest star sapphire in the world, the “Eye of the Daughter of the Moon”. He confides in Wong that his life is in danger. He dies, and in another few murders the sapphire gets juggled around a […]
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