Screenplay: Hugh Wiley

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Hugh Wiley. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Mr. Wong, Detective

1938 · Movie · 69 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast Boris Karloff · Grant Withers · Maxine Jennings · Evelyn Brent

Synopsis When a chemical manufacturer is killed after asking detective James Wong to help him, Wong investigates this and two subsequent murders. He uncovers a international spy ring hoping to steal the formula for a poison gas being developed by the...

5.8

35 votes

5.8

35 votes

The Fatal Hour

1940 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast Boris Karloff · Marjorie Reynolds · Grant Withers · Charles Trowbridge

Synopsis When Captain Street's best friend Dan O'Grady is murdered, Street enlists the help of Chinese detective James Lee Wong. Mr. Wong uncovers a smuggling ring on the waterfront of San Francisco and unmasks the killer, though not until several more...

5.6

26 votes

5.6

26 votes

Doomed to Die

1940 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast Boris Karloff · Marjorie Reynolds · Grant Withers · William Stelling

Synopsis Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office...at the very moment of kicking out his daughter's fiance Dick Fleming. Of...

5.5

26 votes

5.5

26 votes

The Mystery of Mr. Wong

1939 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast Boris Karloff · Grant Withers · Dorothy Tree · Craig Reynolds

Synopsis Detective tries to solve the murder of antiques collector who was in possession of a famous jewel known as "The Eye of the Moon."

5.5

27 votes

5.5

27 votes

Phantom of Chinatown

1940 · Movie · 62 min. · United States

Direction Phil Rosen

Cast Keye Luke · Grant Withers · Lotus Long · Charles Miller

Synopsis In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the...

5.0

24 votes

5.0

24 votes

Behind the Front

1926 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction A. Edward Sutherland

Cast Wallace Beery · Raymond Hatton · Mary Brian · Richard Arlen

Synopsis During World War I a young man joins the army and winds up befriending another young recruit, not knowing that it's the same pickpocket who stole his watch. After finishing basic training, the two are sent to the front lines...

Not rated

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Mr. Wong in Chinatown

1939 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction William Nigh

Cast Boris Karloff · Marjorie Reynolds · Grant Withers · Huntley Gordon

Synopsis A pretty Chinese woman, seeking help from San Francisco detective James Lee Wong, is killed by a poisoned dart in his front hall, having time only to scrawl "Captain J" on a sheet of paper. She proves to be Princess...

Not rated

Not rated