this be one of the strange i have watch in a good while . of course an hour be not too long to devote to one of your horror film favorite . disappointment set in when you realize this be not horror and just odd . bela lugosi play a ruthless chinese villain that be not short in order murder in order to collect the fabled twelve coin of confucius for himself . conveniently the coin be concentrate in new york city chinatown . add to the mystery and oddity of lugosi character . his thick hungarian accent be not disguise . note representlugosi arch rival boris karloff have a series of mr. wong chinese detective flick also direct by william nigh .