Phantom of Chinatown
1940 · Movie · 62 min. · United States
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 only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on. Win Lee, Benton's secretary, reveals the doctor's dying words refer to a scroll which tells the location of rich oil deposits. Wong and Street then begin the search for the killer among Benton's associates.
Direction Phil Rosen
Cast Keye Luke · Grant Withers · Lotus Long · Charles Miller · Huntley Gordon · Paul McVey · Virginia Carpenter · John Dilson · John Holland · Richard Terry · Robert Kellard · Willy Castello · Lee Tung Foo · Lynton Brent · Jack Cheatham
Soundtrack Edward J. Kay
Screenplay George Waggner · Hugh Wiley · Ralph Gilbert Bettison
Cinematography Fred Jackman Jr.
Original title Phantom of Chinatown
5.0
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