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Maybe not one of the better "Wong" (Boris Karloff) outings this, but it still moves along well enough. This time, it's a long time friend of "Capt. Street" (Grant Withers) who comes a cropper and the two, along with pesky investigative journalist "Bobbie" (Marjorie Reynolds) must…
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The Fatal Hour
58%
Movie
1h 8m
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The Fatal Hour (1940) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Fatal Hour (1940) — a movie tagged as Mystery, Thriller, and Crime with tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and comple… Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~68 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Fatal Hour 58% (22 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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from 22 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1940-01-15
- Runtime
- 1h 8m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 59706
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Cast
Boris Karloff
James Lee Wong
Marjorie Reynolds
Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan
Grant Withers
Capt. Bill Street
Charles Trowbridge
John T. Forbes
Frank Puglia
Harry 'Hardway' Lockett
Craig Reynolds
Frank Belden, Jr.
Lita Chevret
Tanya Serova
Harry Strang
Det. Ballard
Hooper Atchley
Frank Belden, Sr.
Jason Robards Sr.
Griswold
Richard Loo
Jeweler
- J
Jack Kennedy
Mike
C.E. Anderson
Cap Anderson
- A
Allan Cavan
Radio Station Owner
Tristram Coffin
Hotel Desk Clerk
- N
Nick Copeland
The Crank Informant
- P
Pauline Drake
Bessie, Switchboard Operator
Harry Harvey
Radio Salesman
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Maybe not one of the better "Wong" (Boris Karloff) outings this, but it still moves along well enough. This time, it's a long time friend of "Capt. Street" (Grant Withers) who comes a cropper and the two, along with pesky investigative journalist "Bobbie" (Marjorie Reynolds) must get to the bottom of things as the corpses begin, quite literally, to pile up! The production looks hastily thrown together, the lighting really needed a few more bucks in the meter and the script could have been doing with a little more substance. That said, it has the odd humorous touch and Reynolds is quite efficient in support of our not particularly dynamic duo. Watchable, but forgettable fayre.
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