utgard14 The beginning of this movie has an archaeologist unearthing an ancient tomb and subsequently murdered for it. No, it isn't a mummy movie. It's a Mr. Wong murder mystery. The last Mr. Wong movie, actually. This is today what we would call a reboot. They replace Boris Karloff with the younger Keye Luke, thereby restarting the series with a young Mr. Wong. It's interesting to see an actual Asian playing the lead role in one of these Asian detective movies, where a white man always played the part because it was believed at the time audiences wouldn't go to see movies with a non-white leading man.Keye Luke was an amazingly personable actor but this movie does not give him a chance to shine, forcing him to play Wong as a rather stuffy bore. Luke receives assistance from the lovely Lotus Long. They could have used this opportunity of a reboot to breathe some life into the Wong series, which was pretty stale. But instead this is quite possibly the dullest of the lot. Perhaps if given this shot at a better studio, it would have led to a long-lasting series with Keye Luke as the lead. But this is Monogram, king of the cheapies, so it's not surprising it didn't work out. Grant Withers was the only constant in all of the Wong films. While his character was a walking cliché, Withers played the part well.On the whole, the series was watchable but forgettable, even with Boris Karloff as the star. If you haven't seen many (better) B detective series, you might enjoy the Wong films more. But I've seen pretty much all of the them, certainly all of the major ones, and Mr. Wong does not stand up well.

oscar-35 The 1940 film is quite good in it's mood and theme. It is a detective film that keeps you engaged and moves in a fast pace. The film stars an Asian actor, Keye Luke and Mr Luke does a very fine job playing an alert intelligent detective that could be set in today's times. This was produced in the WW2 years and it is interesting to see that this film was made with many Asian actors. Sadly that would not continue with the anti-Asian hysteria of the war years. Mr Luke survived on with a long and memorable movie & TV career with his major role as the High Lama/teacher in TV's 'Kung-Fu'. IN this film a murder strikes during a lecture on the discovery of a lost Mongolian tomb. A scroll with a valuable secret is missing. It's up to Jimmy Wong and the Homicide Squad to find the killer and learn the tomb's secret. This was the last of the Mr Wong serials. Enjoy it.

dbborroughs Final film in the Mr Wong series loses Boris Karloff and in its place has Keye Luke as James Wong detective. Luke best known as Charlie Chan's number one son was forever in support so its nice to see him in a lead role. It also gives mystery, and especially Charlie Chan fans a glimpse at how Luke might have played the classic detective.The mystery here is rather bland. During a lecture about an expedition to China the professor giving the talk is killed right in front of everyone. The question is how was it done and by who. You'll have to see the film to find out the why and who, I will tell you why, and thats because of the information that is contained on a scroll that was found in a tomb that will lead to great riches. Its a been there done that sort of affair that reminded me of one of the Mr Moto movies. Its not bad, certainly the cast is game, however the script just doesn't have any real life in it. It just doesn't have any life in it.Still, I have to say that bland or no its an okay time passer best left for a late night or rainy day movie marathon when these kind of movies seem oh so much better.

Spuzzlightyear Pretty good who-dunnit thriller about the death of an archaeologist. After he returns from the Orient. The archaeologist presents a lecture about his findings, a hidden tomb. Funny thing, is that he points out certain people in the room that went with him during the expedition, so right then and there you know that the archaeologist is toast and the people he just introduced are suspects ha ha. Mr Wong, smoothly played by Keye Luke, gets to the bottom of things. I really like how he solved this, using calm logical ways instead of having obvious clues thrown at us. I also liked the clueless homicide detective who sort of played a foil to Wong's character who essentially just followed Wong while he went on his crime-solving ways. Nifty little movie here.