Doomed to Die

ÉVALUATION IMDb

MA NOTE

Boris Karloff and Marjorie Reynolds in Doomed to Die (1940)

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueMr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder.

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

ÉVALUATION IMDb

5,5/10

1,4 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Prix
- 1 nomination au total

Photos13

+ 7

Plus de résultats de ce genre

5,4

The Fatal Hour

6,0

Mr. Wong, Detective

5,8

Mr. Wong in Chinatown

6,1

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

5,9

6,0

5,4

5,9

5,4

4,6

6,9

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

6,7

Pursuit to Algiers

Histoire

Modifier

Le saviez-vous

Modifier

Anecdotes
The images of the burning of the fictitious liner Wentworth Castle is taken from actual news footage of the burning of the liner SS Morro Castle. The Morro Castle caught fire on 8 September 1934 during a trip from Havana to New York. The heavy loss of life combined with the beaching of the gutted hulk in New Jersey made it one of the biggest news stories of the day.

Gaffes
In the Tong room scene with Wong, it's obvious that all of the scene, except the "Wentworth Castle" dialogue, was re-used from a previous Wong movie. The most notable clue is the Tong leader changing appearance between shots.

Citations
Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan: So you still think you've solved it, huh?
Capt. William Street: That's right, I do. Young Fleming did it and if he didn't, I'll eat my hat.
Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan: I'll see that you do.

Connexions
Edited into Who Dunit Theater: Mr. Wong Doomed to Die (2021)

Commentaires des utilisateurs44

Commentaire

Commentaire en vedette

8/10

Cant go "Wong" here!

As far as mystery B-movies go, you cant go "Wong" with this one. Karloff returns once again as the famous Chinese detective James Lee Wong to solve the murder of a shipping tycoon. What seems like an open and shut case to Capt. Street (Grant Withers) quickly becomes a web of deceit, lies and murder! I've only seen two Wong films, this and "The Fatal Hour", but I really enjoyed them both, largely due to Capt. Street and his "sidekick" reporter Bobbie Logan. The banter between them is cliché, but often pretty funny anyway. They have great chemistry together on screen. Karloff is, of course, great as Wong. I loved his entrances from the most unlikely places, such as windows or fire escapes. The plot was pretty straight forward, though it was full of red-herrings and false suspects that made the conclusion a bit hard to guess. Not that that's a bad thing mind you, I quite enjoyed the ending. To sum up, I recommend this as well as the slightly better "Fatal Hour" as two of the best mystery B-movies you'll find out there.

8/10