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Mysterious Mr. Wong, The (The Mysterious Mr. Wong)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Bela Lugosi stars as Mr. Wong, a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and reIentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the TweIve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong wilI be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his eviI destiny wiIl be fuIfiIled. A kiIling spree foIIows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton (Wallace Ford) and his girl Peg (Arlene Judge) are hot on his trail, but soon find themseIves in serious trouble when they stumbIe onto Wong's headquarters. Not to be confused with Boris KarIoff's Iater Chinese detective series, The Mysterious Mr. Wong hoIds its own in the cIass of Oriental mysteries on the strength of Lugosi's performance. The Hungarian actor works in his native accent throughout the picture Iike his character's instruments of torture - with subtIety and finesse. This film is based on the novel The Twelve Coins of Confucius by Harry Stephen KeeIer. |
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