Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded "House of Hate" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again.
Boris Karloff
James Lee Wong
Grant Withers
Police Capt. Sam Street
Dorothy Tree
Valerie Edwards
Craig Reynolds
Peter Harrison
Ivan Lebedeff
Michael Strogonoff
Holmes Herbert
Prof. Ed Janney
Morgan Wallace
Brandon Edwards
Lotus Long
Drina
Chester Gan
Sing
Hooper Atchley
Carslake
Bruce Wong
Asian Man
Jack Kennedy
Police Guard
Lee Tung Foo
Willie
Wilbur Mack
Ballstics Expert
Dick Morehead
Police Detective
Joe Devlin
Police Lt. George Devlin
I. Stanford Jolley
Charades-Player
Director
William Nigh
Screenplay
Scott Darling
Writer
Hugh Wiley
June 22, 2022
6
Luckily, I've never been a great fan of charades - which is just as well because in this short and sweet little murder mystery, it (called "Indications" here) proves to have quite lethal consequences! It falls to "Capt. Street" (Grant Withers) assisted by criminologists "Wong" (Boris Karloff) and his pal "Janney" (Holmes Herbert) to try to establish why "Edwards" was shot during the role-playing game. As ever, there are no shortage of suspects ranging from his soon-to-be disinherited wife "Val" (Dorothy Tree) to his secretary "Harrison" (Craig Reynolds) as well as some rather mysterious oriental folks who seem very nimble in the frequently darkly lit (if at all) scenarios.. Oh, and we mustn't forget that the legendary sapphire "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon" (trips of the tongue that one, eh?) has gone awol too - along with a letter from the lately deceased naming the person he suspected might try to bump him off. It is a quickly paced and reasonably well written adventure, this. Karloff is on good form and hell, even the usually wooden as a plank Ivan Lebedeff ("Strogonoff") adds some value too. One of the better "Wong" stories and well worth an hour.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00