Title: Doomed to Die Summary: Mr. Wong and a girl reporter investigate a shipping magnate's murder. Directed by: William Nigh Actors: Boris Karloff, Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers Production Company: Monogram Pictures Release Date: 12 August 1940 (USA) Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1 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 course, Captain Street arrests Dick, but reporter Bobbie Logan, the attractive thorn in Street's side, is so convinced he's wrong that she enlists the help of detective James Lee Wong to find the real killer.
"I can only add this - This movie for the British movie goer in 1940 went by the title of "Mystery at Wentworth Castle" - the name of the ship. Otherwi..."
"A curious story of intrigue, murder and a dash of humor. Boris Karloff’s character, Mr. Wong, is a delightfully persistent detective who is never far ..."