ApprovedDoomed to Die

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IMDB (1,465 votes)

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Play Time: 68 mins
Mystery, Crime, Thriller
Doomed to Die

Overview:
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.

Status: Released (1940-08-12)
Awards:1 nomination total
Screen:Ralph Gilbert Bettison, Michael Jacoby, Hugh Wiley
Productions: Monogram Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Doomed to Die
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Reviews

talisencrw

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I love Boris Karloff so much in this 5-pack of early films he made that it doesn't bother me that he plays an Oriental detective. He threw himself, vitally, into every role he portrayed, and that's why he's so beloved today.

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CinemaSerf

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When a fire engulfs the "Wentworth Castle" at sea, the owner "Cyrus P. Wentworth" is devastated: very shortly afterwards, and after altering his will, he is dead! Enter "Mr. Wong" ( a thickly-accented Karloff) who has to navigate some quite choppy waters to establish a trail for this ....

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