Mr. Wong stops at nothing to gain the possession of 12 coins of Confucius, which will bring him great power.Mr. Wong stops at nothing to gain the possession of 12 coins of Confucius, which will bring him great power.Mr. Wong stops at nothing to gain the possession of 12 coins of Confucius, which will bring him great power.
Bela Lugosi
- Mr. Fu Wong aka Li See
- (as Béla Lugosi)
E. Alyn Warren
- Tsi Tung
- (as Fred Warren)
Robert Emmett O'Connor
- Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy
- (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
Edward Peil Sr.
- Jen Yu - Wong Henchman
- (as Edward Peil)
Ernie Young
- Chuck Roberts - Reporter
- (as Ernest F. Young)
Chester Gan
- Tung's Secret Service Agent
- (uncredited)
James B. Leong
- Wong Henchman
- (uncredited)
Richard Loo
- Bystander Outside Store
- (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
- Wong Henchman Thrown Into Pit
- (uncredited)
Forrest Taylor
- Wong Henchman
- (uncredited)
Beal Wong
- Killing Bystander
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe "Mr. Wong" played here by Bela Lugosi is not the same character as the "Mr. Wong" later played by Boris Karloff and Keye Luke in a series of six films. Lugosi's Fu Wong is a villain, while the James Lee Wong of the series is a detective in the vein of Charlie Chan. All seven movies were produced by the same Poverty Row studio, Monogram Pictures, but have no other affiliation.
- GoofsMr. Wong, played by Bela Lugosi, speaks English with a thick Hungarian accent.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: The Mysterious Mr. Wong (2015)
Featured review
Interesting old-time crime pulp
Modern viewers must be forgiven if they're confused over the genre of this Bela Lugosi film. It's crime pulp, something hardly seen today except in Quentin Tarantino films. The focus is on the villain, in this case Lugosi as a Chinese(!) gangster tracking down the twelve coins of Confucius. The only mystery is how he will be stopped and whether or not he will escape to cause trouble another day.
Wallace Ford is fun as the wry reporter (reminding me a bit of Chevy Chase). And Arline Judge is as cute as a button as the switchboard operator he's trying to romance. It all takes place in Chinatown, for some reason, with plenty of casual bigotry, altho its sometimes turned around on the bigot for comic comeuppance (as when Ford talks pidgin to a Chinese girl only to be answered in fluent English).
If you like the era, this is a fun film and a good example of the genre. It's got the menacing thugs, mysterious murders, and secret passageways you expect and a bit of sassy dialog to boot.
Wallace Ford is fun as the wry reporter (reminding me a bit of Chevy Chase). And Arline Judge is as cute as a button as the switchboard operator he's trying to romance. It all takes place in Chinatown, for some reason, with plenty of casual bigotry, altho its sometimes turned around on the bigot for comic comeuppance (as when Ford talks pidgin to a Chinese girl only to be answered in fluent English).
If you like the era, this is a fun film and a good example of the genre. It's got the menacing thugs, mysterious murders, and secret passageways you expect and a bit of sassy dialog to boot.
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- djensen1
- Mar 13, 2005
Details
- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was The Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934) officially released in Canada in English?
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