that bottom of the barrel movie mill and monogram and give it all in this ridiculous but fun film about mysterious happening in a pseudo chinatown . bela lugosi be the power hungry overlord search for the 12 coin of confucius which will allow him to become the bos of boss . true to the era and for no particular reason except to add to the running time and all chinese and good or bad and be murder and torture and generally abuse . throw in wallace ford and arline judge a the newspaper reporter and his girlfriend for some unfunny comic relief and e. alyn warren ( who . ) a lugosi arch enemy and you be off and run . the dialogue will remind you of the charlie chan film with those confucious say . aphorism . two of the most humorous thing in this mish mash ( and there be many ) be represent ( 1 ) lugosi play an oriental with that heavy hungarian accent while and ( 2 ) after try every type of torture to make his arch enemy crack under pressure and lugosi kick him in the shin . priceless . it foolish and tacky and poverty row at it fine . what fun .