Phantom of Chinatown
In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
Phil Rosen
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United States of America
Ratings
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6.0/10
18 votes
Rating consensus
60/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~60/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Keye Luke
James Lee Wong
Lotus Long
Win Lee, Benton's Secretary
Grant Withers
Police Captain Street
Charles Miller
Dr. John Benton / Cyrus Benton in Newspaper (as Charles Miller)
Huntley Gordon
Dr. Norman Wilkes
Virginia Carpenter
Louise Benton
John Dilson
Charlie Frasier
Paul McVey
Detective Grady
John Holland
Mason
Richard Terry
Toreno
Robert Kellard
Tommy Dean
Willy Castello
Jonas
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Phil Rosen
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