Phantom of Chinatown
Phantom of Chinatown is a 1940 film about a Chinese-American detective who investigates the murder of an archaeologist.
- Directed by Phil Rosen. Written by Hugh Wiley.
A thousand suspects... 20 fingerprints... a Chinese temple... Mr. Wong solves a murder! (taglines)
James Lee Wong
[edit]- Greetings. Only the eyebrows of youth would have the temerity to call the beard of age at such an hour.
- There's just one thing - in every murder mystery and detective story I've ever read, the person they throw the most suspicion on is never the killer!
Capt. Street
[edit]- 1,000 fingerprints, 25 suspects, ancient scrolls - What a case!
- I don't want to hear any more Oriental hocus-pocus. All I want to know is, who killed Dr. Benton!
Win Lee
[edit]- Mr. Wong, I think you've been reading too many detective stories!
Charles Frasier
[edit]- You're very clever, Mr. Wong, but you still don't have the scroll - and you'll never get it!
Dialogue
[edit]- Capt. Street: What's this?
- Jonas: The sarcophagus from the Chinese tomb sir, that once contained the body of a Ming Emperor.
- James Lee Wong: They tell me that a Chinese archaeological expedition is digging up the body of George Washington in exchange.
Taglines
[edit]- A thousand suspects... 20 fingerprints... a Chinese temple... Mr. Wong solves a murder!
- A Slight Case Of Murder... Solved by Jimmy Wong!
Cast
[edit]- Keye Luke — James Lee Wong
- Grant Withers — Police Captain Street
- Lotus Long — Win Lee
- Charles F. Miller — Dr. Benton
- Huntley Gordon — Dr. Norman Wilkes
- Virginia Carpenter — Louise Benton
- John Dilson — Charles Fraser
- Paul McVey — Detective Grady
External links
[edit]
- Phantom of Chinatown quotes at the Internet Movie Database