Keye Luke
James Lee "Jimmy" Wong
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Phantom of Chinatown
1940
- 1940 · Mystery · 1h 1m
With Keye Luke, Lotus Long, Grant Withers, Charles Miller. Detective James Lee Wong is on the scene as archaeologist Dr. John Benton, recently returned from an expedition in China where a valuable ancient scroll was recovered, is murdered while giving a lecture on the expedition.
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- Mystery
- Phil Rosen
- 1940-11-18
Phantom of Chinatown is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen starring Keye Luke. This is the last of the Mr. Wong films and the only one to star Luke in the role originated by Boris Karloff. This was the first film with an Asian actor playing the lead role as a Chinese detective.
Synopsis. Dr. John Benton, in San Francisco following an archaeological expedition in the Mongolian desert, gives a film presentation for his colleagues. The film shows his discovery of the precious ancient tomb of a Ming emperor, for which archaeologists have been searching for centuries.
- Phil Rosen, Mack Wright
- Keye Luke
Phantom of Chinatown. Rent Phantom of Chinatown on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. San Francisco's Mr. Wong (Keye Luke) sleuths with the secretary (Lotus Long) of a poisoned...
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- Keye Luke
- Phil Rosen
- Mystery & Thriller
Phantom of Chinatown (1940) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Filmed in 1940, "Phantom of Chinatown" is the last of the Mr. Wong series of films, but it's chronologically set as the earliest, featuring Asian actor Keye Luke as a young detective James Lee Wong, a role that British actor Boris Karloff parlayed into five films between 1938 and 1940.
Overview. In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
