
The Maltese Falcon(1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.


“Thousands asked to see Collier's Magazine famous detective on the screen... here he is!”
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.

Boris Karloff
James Lee Wong

Grant Withers
Police Capt. Sam Street

Maxine Jennings
Myra Ross

Evelyn Brent
Olga Petroff / Countess Dubois / Sophie Dome

George Lloyd
Devlin

Lucien Prival
Anton Mohl

John St. Polis
Carl Roemer

William Gould
Theodore Meisle

Hooper Atchley
Christian Wilk

John Hamilton
Simon Dayton
Mr. Wong, Detective is a crime, thriller, mystery film released in 1938 exploring themes of poison, detective, investigation, murder, meditative, mysterious. Directed by William Nigh, it stars Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings. A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
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