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"The fatal hour" / Motion Pictures for Television, Inc. presents ; directed by William Nigh ; screen play by Scott Darling ; adaptation by Joseph West ; George Waggner ; .

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher: [Los Angeles, CA] : Monograph Pictures Corp., [1940]Distributor: [Los Angeles, CA] : [Cinetel Films]Copyright date: ©1940Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (61 min.)) : sound, black and whiteContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Other title:
  • Spanish title: Hora fatídica
  • Mr. Wong en el cuartel
  • Mr. Wong at headquarters
Uniform titles:
  • Fatal hour (Motion picture : 1940)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Harry Neumann; editor, R.F. Schoengarth; musical director, Edward J. Kay.
Cast: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Charles Trowbridge, Fank Puglia, Craig Reynolds, Lita Chevret, Harry Strang, Hooper Atchley, Jason Robards, Richard Loo, Jack Kennedy.Summary: "The fatal hour" features Boris Karloff as the lead character, an Asian detective sprung from the mind of Hugh Wiley. In this latest case, Mr. Wong (Karloff) is investigating the murder of a police office at the request of his friend Captain Street (Grant Withers). The murder investigation leads Mr. Wong to a smuggling ring operating on the San Francisco waterfront. After three additional murders take place, Mr. Wong is able to track down the killer and expose the smugglers.
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1940.

Based on the "James Lee Wong" series in Collier's Magazine written by Hugh Wiley.

Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Charles Trowbridge, Fank Puglia, Craig Reynolds, Lita Chevret, Harry Strang, Hooper Atchley, Jason Robards, Richard Loo, Jack Kennedy.

Cinematographer, Harry Neumann; editor, R.F. Schoengarth; musical director, Edward J. Kay.

"The fatal hour" features Boris Karloff as the lead character, an Asian detective sprung from the mind of Hugh Wiley. In this latest case, Mr. Wong (Karloff) is investigating the murder of a police office at the request of his friend Captain Street (Grant Withers). The murder investigation leads Mr. Wong to a smuggling ring operating on the San Francisco waterfront. After three additional murders take place, Mr. Wong is able to track down the killer and expose the smugglers.

In English.

Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed November 25, 2015).

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