Mr. Wong: Doomed to die (1940) - shipping tycoon Mr. Wentworth is in grief over the loss of his ship “The Wentworth castle” and the 400 passengers on board. Rival bussinesss men come to offer condolences when Mr. Wentworth is mysteriously murdered. The son of the rival bussiness man was the prime suspect and taken in custody. Private Investigater Mr. Wong (Charlie Chan) was hired to find the real murderer.

This is my first movie with Charlie Chan and he made a good impression on me. His character is always calm, collective, intelligent, he carries around an umbrella as sort of a shtick, which is unique. One of things I liked about the movie is that it did not focus too much on his Chinese heritage, it had just the right amount without being over done. The movie itself kept you guessing who done it right until the end. I enjoyed the movie and would rate it about the same as another detective movie “Sherlock Holmes faces death”. 8/10