Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die

68 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 12, 1940

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.

Doomed to Die

68 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 12, 1940

Doomed to Die
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.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Monogram Pictures
Original title Doomed to Die
Directors William Nigh
Writers Hugh Wiley, Michael Jacoby

Cast

Boris Karloff

as James Lee Wong

Marjorie Reynolds

as Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan

Grant Withers

as Capt. William Street

William Stelling

as Dick Fleming

Catherine Craig

as Cynthia Wentworth

Guy Usher

as Paul Fleming

Henry Brandon

as Attorney Victor Martin

Melvin Lang

as Cyrus B. Wentworth

Wilbur Mack

as Matthews

Kenneth Harlan

as Ludlow

Richard Loo

as Tong Leader

Tris Coffin

as Mr. Baldwin - Adjuster (uncredited)

Gibson Gowland

as Doctor (uncredited)

Jack Kennedy

as Police Sgt. Casey (uncredited)

Bill Willmering

as Det. Blake (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

as Det. Mike

Maxine Leslie

as Miss Reed - Secretary

Moy Ming

as Aged Tong Member

Angelo Rossitto

as Newsboy #3 in Montage