the mr. wong series by monogram studio be an attempt by this tiny poverty row studio to cash in on the success of twentieth century fox charlie chan . in many way and the two series be very similar and though wong ( play by boris karloff ) be play less like a stereotypical asian and the script and unfortunately and be generally not as good a the chan script . here and in a completely average film and wong be investigate the death of a rich jerk who be proud that he own a stolen treasure from china . consider how arrogant and unlikable he be and it isn not at all surprising that he soon murder and in a rather clever way . the actual mystery be only moderately suspenseful by b mystery film standard and but the film lack of comic relief may appeal to those who dislike this aspect of the chan film . a for the acting and this film be unusual in that all the actor be good except for one whose performance really stand out from the rest it be that bad . dorothy tree and who play the wife of the murder man and be simply horrible . every time she open her mouth and she over emote and enunciate like she be in a diction class . when i check her biography on imdb i discover two thing that she be a reasonably prolific actress and that she be a singing and diction coach . that really help to explain her performance a do a quote from ms. tree concern the role of proper diction in advance feminism more resonance and clear speech and a good vocabulary . well and sometimes more isn not well . a decent time passer provide you do not mind wad through ms. tree impassioned act . by the way and the copy i watch clock in at 70 minute 2 minute longer than the time list on imdb .