Doomed to Die
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Doomed to Die

19401h 8mMysteryCrimeThriller
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Story Line

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the very moment of kicking out his daughter's fiance Dick Fleming. Of course, Captain Street arrests Dick, but reporter Bobbie Logan, the attractive thorn in Street's side, is so convinced he's wrong that she enlists the help of detective James Lee Wong to find the real killer.

The master of crime cleans up the dirty game of murder!

Top Cast

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

James Lee Wong

Marjorie Reynolds

Marjorie Reynolds

Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan

Grant Withers

Grant Withers

Capt. William Street

William Stelling

William Stelling

Dick Fleming

Catherine Craig

Catherine Craig

Cynthia Wentworth

Guy Usher

Guy Usher

Paul Fleming

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Rating

5.7/ 10

Release Date

1940-08-12

Runtime

1h 8m

Genres

MysteryCrimeThriller
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User Reviews (2)

talisencrw

7/10
9/22/2016
I love Boris Karloff so much in this 5-pack of early films he made that it doesn't bother me that he plays an Oriental detective. He threw himself, vitally, into every role he portrayed, and that's why he's so beloved today.
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

5/10
6/23/2022
When a fire engulfs the "Wentworth Castle" at sea, the owner "Cyrus P. Wentworth" is devastated: very shortly afterwards, and after altering his will, he is dead! Enter "Mr. Wong" ( a thickly-accented Karloff) who has to navigate some quite choppy wa...