Phantom of Chinatown (1940) on Netflix
Dr. John Benton collapses and dies while lecturing on his expedition to the Mongolian desert, leaving Eternal Fire as the only clue. Researcher James Lee Wong and Captain Bill Street investigate.
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Plot summary
An archaeological team led by Dr. John Benton has come back from the Mongolian desert, where it opened the tomb of a Ming emperor. The tomb held a scroll telling of a Temple of Eternal Fire, said to hide an oil reserve of importance to China. Benton collapses in the middle of a public lecture on the expedition and dies, and the scroll is found missing from his safe. Captain Bill Street of the San Francisco police leads the homicide inquiry, and the members of the expedition, Benton's secretary Win Len and Benton's student, the researcher James Lee Wong, fall under suspicion. Street comes to trust Wong, and the two investigate together.
Cast
- Charles Milleras Dr. John Benton
- Richard Terryas Toreno(Dick Terry)
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
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- Phantom of Chinatown was the first film with a Chinese actor playing the lead role as a Chinese detective; Keye Luke took the Mr. Wong role originated by Boris Karloff, and it was the last of the Mr. Wong films.
