Phantom of Chinatown

Phantom of Chinatown is a 1940 film about a Chinese-American detective who investigates the murder of an archaeologist.
 * ''Directed by Phil Rosen. Written by Hugh Wiley.

A thousand suspects... 20 fingerprints... a Chinese temple... Mr. Wong solves a murder! (taglines)

James Lee Wong

 * Greetings. Only the eyebrows of youth would have the temerity to call the beard of age at such an hour.


 * There's just one thing - in every murder mystery and detective story I've ever read, the person they throw the most suspicion on is never the killer!

Capt. Street

 * 1,000 fingerprints, 25 suspects, ancient scrolls - What a case!


 * I don't want to hear any more Oriental hocus-pocus. All I want to know is, who killed Dr. Benton!

Win Lee

 * Mr. Wong, I think you've been reading too many detective stories!

Charles Frasier

 * You're very clever, Mr. Wong, but you still don't have the scroll - and you'll never get it!

Dialogue

 * Capt. Street: What's this?
 * Jonas: The sarcophagus from the Chinese tomb sir, that once contained the body of a Ming Emperor.
 * James Lee Wong: They tell me that a Chinese archaeological expedition is digging up the body of George Washington in exchange.

Taglines

 * A thousand suspects... 20 fingerprints... a Chinese temple... Mr. Wong solves a murder!


 * A Slight Case Of Murder... Solved by Jimmy Wong!

Cast

 * Keye Luke — James Lee Wong
 * Grant Withers — Police Captain Street
 * Lotus Long — Win Lee
 * Charles F. Miller — Dr. Benton
 * Huntley Gordon — Dr. Norman Wilkes
 * Virginia Carpenter — Louise Benton
 * John Dilson — Charles Fraser
 * Paul McVey — Detective Grady