Content Warning: Prosthetics makeup was used to portray an Asian character (Mr. Wong) in this 1940 Detective Movie. A practice known as yellowface used to be the norm in Hollywood that Asian characters were played by white actors, often using makeup to approximate East Asian facial characteristics.
When Captain Street discovers that his best friend is murdered, he calls upon detective James Lee Wong, who must stop the killer before more murders occur.
Film: The Fatal Hour (1940)
Film series: Mr. Wong, Detective
Director: William Nigh
Music composed by: Edward J. Kay
Screenplay: Scott Darling, George Waggner
Cast: Boris Karloff, Grant Withers, Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Trowbridge, Frank Puglia
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Licensed from: Canamedia