"Doomed to die" /
Spanish title: Condenado a morir Boris Karloff in "Doomed to die"
Monogram Pictures Corporation presents ; directed by William Nigh ; original story by Ralph Bettinson ; screenplay by Michel Jacoby.
, United States
- 1 online resource (2 video files (67 min. each)) : sound, black and white
Based on the 'James Lee Wong' series in Collier's Magazine written by Hugh Wiley.
Cinematographer, Harry Neumann; editor, Robert Golden; musical director, Edward Kay. Cinematographer, Harry Neumann; editor, Robert Golden; musical director, Edward Kay.
Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, William Stelling, Catherine Craig, Guy Usher, Hnery Brandon, Melvin Lang, Wilbur Mack, Kenneth Harlan, Richard Loo.
A luxury liner carrying 400 passengers and a contraband cargo of Chinese bonds worth over a million dollars is destroyed by fire. Then the president of the shipping firm is mysteriously murdered during a heated argument with his daughter's fiance, who is the son of a rival shipping magnate. The detective (Boris Karloff as a Chinese sleuth) is wounded in the arm by an unknown assailant while tracking down a clue in Chinatown. Can he uncover the real culprit?
In English or Spanish.
Wong, Mr. (Fictitious character)--Drama. Shipping--Drama. Murder--Investigation--Drama.