Doomed to Die is a 1940 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong. Besides being illegal, this misbehavior seriously harms the creative movie and TV industry and culture. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, + $16.75 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to Turkey. 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 The murdered man refused to give them his permission. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. The tong leader tells Wong that a member of the tong was smuggling a great amount of tong money into the United States aboard the Wentworth Castle. Karloff plays Wong with more than a bit of subtle humor, especially in scenes with real orientals. Later credits include Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), F.I.S.T. 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His screen credits include; The Bofors Gun (1968), The Fixer (1968), A Severed Head (1971). Later credits include Lincoln Heights (2008-09), Justified (2011, TV-series), The Kill Hole (2012), 42 (2013), Draft Day (2014), Get on Up (2014), Gods of Egypt (2016), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Marshall (2017), Black Panther (2018), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Avengers Endgame (2019), 21 Bridges (2019), Da 5 Bloods (2020) and more. If you love old movies especially classic murder mysteries, Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2016. I believe there were five Mr Wong movies with Karloff, and if that's correct, this one was the last. If you want a good murder mystery yet have light entertainment, this movie is for you. Famous for her star contract-freeing court case against Warner Bros., which was decided in her and countless following colleagues favor in 1945; for her long-standing enmity with her bigger sister, actress Joan Fontaine, and for lambasting TV executives, de Havilland lived the last 60 years of her life in Paris. Born in England, Holm grew up around the mental hospital where his parents worked. R.I.P. Born in Connecticut, Dennehy's first acting credits are in Kojak (1977), Serpico (1977) and several other TV-series. Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2016. Dennehy died at age 81. The film uses actual news footage from the burning of the liner SS Morro Castle, which caught fire on September 8, 1934 during a trip from Havana to New York City. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Most important, "Doomed to Die" has no pretensions to be anything but what it's is: pure escape entertainment. R.I.P. 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He also wrote and directed a row of TV movies. Dated but still watchable. Die Hard (1988) - McTiernan's action masterpiece. Filming began in mid June. Karloff is Karloff, not Mr Wong, and certainly not Charlie, with his comedic touches. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 22, 2015, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 18, 2016. William Street He worked the stage until intense stage fright set in and forced him to leave the theater in 1976 during a production of O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh. It's fun, short, and light hearted. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. Marriage is purposed and a disapproval of the parent concerned. If you love old movies especially classic murder mysteries, then you will enjoy it as much as I did. She hopes that Wong will be able to prove that her fiancé didn't kill her father. Die Hard 2 (1990) or, John McClane: Back for Seconds! Good story from start to finish. After all, it was made 70 years ago. Reviewer: porterville - favorite favorite favorite favorite favorite - September 27, 2010 Subject: Boris Karloff Excellent in "Doomed to Die" From the other reviews, it appears that this is the third and last in a series with Boris Karloff as detective Mr. Wong. There's a problem loading this menu right now. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. R.I.P. The Constant Gardner (2005) - Meirelles' first-rat... 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I think this is a bootleg copy of Doomed To Die. He also directed the film Death House (1988). R.I.P. R.I.P. R.I.P. Boris Karloff investigating a death and fail play of a sunken vessel. The smuggler is known to have survived the sinking but disappeared with the tong's money. If you're looking for Charlie Chan, this isn't it. Khan passed away at age 53 from a colon infection following a cancer. The killer is the son of the owner of a rival shipping company; the reason is the Romeo and Juliet romance between the killer and the murdered man's daughter. He is better than all this and he knows we know it, too. Born in Tokyo, Japan to British parents, the perhaps last real Old Hollywood star's credits include: Alibi Ike (1935), The Irish in Us (1935), Captain Blood (1935), Dodge City (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), for which she earned her first Oscar nomination, Hold Back the Dawn (1941), her second nomination, In This Our Life (1942), To Each His Own (1946), her first Oscar, The Snake Pit (1948), her next nomination, The Heiress (1949), her second and last Oscar, Libel (1959), The Screaming Woman (1972, TV movie), Airport '77 (1977), The Swarm (1978), The Woman He Loved (1988, TV movie) and more. Nothing but reviews. Boseman battled colon cancer for 4 years without sharing it with the public.