Mr. Wong The Fatal Hour (1940) BORIS KARLOFF

[@nancyhauli8464]

The best way to spend a rainy day a marathon of Boris

[@kittyblak393]

Yaz!👍 👍🐈‍⬛

[@deadalready7467]

I absolutely love these old B&W series: Mr Wong, Charlie Chan, Mr Moto, Sherlock Holmes, Hitchcock, I could go on & on. Great stories, solid actors, wonderful sets & mood, cars as big as boats, oh the fashions of that age, all in shoe string budgets. What’s not to like? Thank you my friend for sharing these timeless gems. Many Blessings 🙏🇺🇸

[@nancymills1884]

Mr.Wong never drops his umbrella - even when climbing down a ladder. Just love these old shows.

[@HannibalFan52]

And the hero hardly ever loses his hat in a fight. Steven Spielberg paid homage to that in his Indiana Jones films.

[@nameskhar1510]

Easy to "cover" the double.

[@footfault]

Only 10 years after this movie, Marjorie Reynolds played William Bendix's wife on the Life of Riley TV series. She's so cute in movies of this era. Love her voice. Love Karloff in anything. THANKS, PizzaFlix.

[@glenproctor6836]

Marjorie Reynolds also did the time of their lives with Abbott and Costello

[@ronaldstrange8981]

I get so much pleasure from these delightful old movies. They are, I suppose by today's standards amateurish and corny and obviously produced on a fairly strict budget but I cannot think of a more pleasant way to pass an hour or so. Today's 2 hour epics are tedious, boring and difficult to watch and enjoy. Thank you so much to whoever has made these films available.

[@gplunk]

I could not agree with you more.....

[@tintriumph]

i think it rather good that films which cost peanuts give me such pleasure, compared to some of today,s multi-million dollar flops, and there are PLENTY of them

[@johnwatson6082]

I also fully agree. It is just sad to me how many of these great movies are so unknown and underappreciated. Especially series like this, where Boris Karloff does a masterful acting job showing great care and respect for the character. It is sad to think they likely would never be made today or would be turned into such an action packed flick that so much of the subtleties that make these movies so special would be lost.

[@HannibalFan52]

And they packed a lot of story into 75 minutes or less.

[@francinebarr1204]

Ronald Strange you said It

[@conniejaroch]

I have always loved watching the old black and white movies of the 1930's , 40's and 50's weather they be suspense , comedy, or horror . My favorites are the " who done it mysteries like Holmes, Chan , Mr. Wong, others like them as they really kept you guessing till the very end. So many twists and turns . I'd think " oh he or she did it" untill they would wind up murders in the next scene or so. These are the kind you cannot take a break while watching unless you wait for the commercials or pause them if they are on video! They are getting to scarce on cable or satellite so thank you for making these available.

[@francinebarr1204]

Connie Jaroch Me Too 😆

[@AstralPixie]

Agreed - really enjoy these movies.

[@talladale]

And don't forget Mr. Moto, starring Peter Lorre. Similar to Charlie Chan movies.

[@MichaelGunner123]

I totally concur on what you so eloquently said. Excellent points.

[@charlesodell804]

That's what KZbin is for.

[@danielwegrzynek494]

Just love these old Wong movies. I fall in love with Marjorie Reynolds every time I see her.

[@michellesuzannemaitra5806]

Now I am hooked to Mr Wong 😁😁😁😁😁

[@shj0792]

Dr Wong never disappoints!

[@crazymotherdance7317]

I love these old movies at least they made sense unlike the garbage they show today.

[@mikepasko7493]

I got a kick when they were in the radio store with all those vintage radios that I collect myself.....wow I was in my glory......😊😊😊

[@mskelly-ji7qo]

How could anyone give a thumb's down on this great film?

[@PizzaFLIX]

They should be banned from PizzaFLIX or sent to Movie Class.

[@mskelly-ji7qo]

@@PizzaFLIX Agree!

[@101Volts]

They might be far too used to newer movies. Some people find 1930s - 1950s movies _painfully boring._ Why? I guess they're constantly expecting things to be over-exciting, like an action movie that's more of a theme park than just a story.

[@wilde4445]

Love Mr. Wong stories, thank you.

[@thisravenhasflown010]

Whenever I'm sick, depressed, chilly or just needing it, I put on Charlie Chan, Mr. Moto or of course, Mr. Wong and within the first four movies I can fall dreamily asleep😁👍💖

[@michaelkottler]

Love the Wong & Chan movies which I find oddly comforting. I've watched them so much their lingo entered my daily speech. & I've noticed several interesting things plus peculiarities: Det. Street's first name is Sam in at least one Wong film but Bill in others. & in The Fatal Hour Wong says he was only able to help w/past cases due to their association w/the Orient. But in the prior Mr. Wong Detective, zero Chinese/Asian aspect, correct?

[@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491]

very sharp. ac doyle has inspector... Le Strade who has an issue w premature conclusions,,, needed help he sometimes would forget to credit.

[@brianhaskard1042]

Boris 's voice still makes me shiver!

[@melmack2003]

Yes, even if you don't recognize him visually, his voice is a dead giveaway! hehe

[@anonagain]

@@melmack2003 I have to admit it's pretty hard to 'suspend disbelief' and accept him as a Chinese detective with that voice. Sometimes I wonder if they just should have made him a mild mannered British detective (Mr. Belvedere?) instead of trying to cash in on the success of the Charlie Chan and Mr. Moto series. Oh well, it is what it is, and I still enjoy the movies. :)

[@dee-lf4kf]

it is perfect!

[@SarahHannah7]

I didn’t know that remote controlled radios were made available to the public as early as the late 1930s. Fascinating history (beginning with Tesla)! Thank you for such great uploads, PizzaFlix! Am so enjoying these Mr. Wong Detective films.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Thanks for watching PizzaFLIX. May the Sauce be with you.

[@SarahHannah7]

@@PizzaFLIX : And with you :-) !

[@lindabrown7374]

Keeps you guessing. First time seeing this Mr. Wong. Thanks.

[@kerisogilvy5984]

Me too

[@R9ZSPACE]

Enjoy your site very much,,,I also enjoy the Antiques via automobiles, the set decorations, pottery glass, decorations,,the art deco features. Thank You R. Everett Fadden

[@remmymafia3889]

Withers is one of the all-time cranks in movies- a take charge man that's not always right, but he is decisive.

[@pattythacker5916]

Thank You for these Oldies but goodies!!

[@robertmcdougall3166]

I get so much pleasure in watching the films you have posted and this was no exception, good cast and decent storyline. I am not sure how I will adjust to watching a modern film. Many thanks

[@loisrossi841]

Wonderful movie, thank you.

[@leescott8506]

Street NEVER takes off his hat. Even in his own office. Silly. Thank you Pizzaflix.

[@eannh4928]

He did take his hat off in this movie 38:57 and puts it back on at 4:41

[@helpingothers1777]

never noticed. Now it's like an eye magnet to me...lol

[@austinevplab7167]

Reminded me of idiosyncrasies in The Shining. When Jack Nicholson meets the hotel manager and gets a long story of the hotel’s dark history the manager never takes his elbows off the desk. He has to contort his hand expressions to keep them there. Maybe this actor had some character trait in mind. And like here, I found one inconspicuous spot where the elbows came off.

[@davehallett3128]

@@austinevplab7167 knowing kubrick fans. it s prob a veiled reference to. A clockwork orange

[@austinevplab7167]

@@davehallett3128 I’ll have to find it again but there is a great mash-up of Kubrick’s camera perspectives here somewhere.

[@petergoddard262]

Boris Karloff great actor. I watch all his films.

[@iamAwesomo1994]

i love the head detective guy always screaming at people it's great.

[@censusgary]

Jason Robards plays Griswold in this B-movie. This is Jason Robards, Sr., the father of the more famous Jason Robards.

[@PizzaFLIX]

Happy Holidays! May the sauce be with you.

[@benoitpellet1657]

Good catch!

[@helpingothers1777]

Wow, there's cool nugget of info. Thanks Gary.

[@davehallett3128]

Well played mr bond

[@leelarson107]

'The more famous Jason Robards' was an alcoholic, and Lauren Bacall stated that as a reason for divorcing him.

[@mikepasko7493]

Another great Mr. Wong movie excellent ....

[@casper1959]

The comments are almost as much fun as the film. Why can't people watch these film's for what they were. Entertainment at a time when most things were allowed to be said and done. Anyone would know that the older film's would have reference and inference not liked or allowed today. Just watch the film and comment about the film. Not the undertones, Please.

[@mikenaughton4298]

Thanks!

[@daveyhouston]

I love the part of the movie where mr. Wong does a backflip and karate kicks the bad guy!!

[@larrycarmody8325]

Great movie, but the finish is too short, o watch the old black & white movies, cuz they are much better than today's movies by a long shot

[@mortimerzilch2608]

GET OVER IT! how cool is Boris Karloff as Dr. Wong.

[@charlesodell804]

Karloff does not look very Chinese, but Boris does not need to. His presence in this b movie series makes it a pleasure to watch.

[@lynnsbomb]

Love it. Great episode. Thanks

[@milliedow7950]

loved this. thnx for uplod.

[@ksr9t]

Love these old B+W movies and TV shows. Sherlock Holmes. Wong, Chan, Hoppy, Highway Patrol, Tombstone Territory, Gunsmoke, Texan, Deputy.... Lot of these you can see on MEtv, Grit, FEtv, INSPtv, Starzwesterns

[@VonL]

I was today years old when i discovered that Karloff did this series. They’re not bad for a Monogram studio film

[@kittyblak393]

What?!, wireless radio in 1940?!, and here we thought we was so slick in 2023, 😂😮😂,

[@johnbuchinsky3193]

Practical PC Help please stop your whining, that was the time, then. This is now. Good movie in spite of its faults.

[@dennisday2049]

Are you implying that 'now' has no faults? Then did, but we are all faultless today?

[@MrLyndarenaud]

What faults?

[@dianabainbridge9561]

Love the radio remote control ...lol.

[@glenncox5695]

That was the latest and best consumer technology of the time.

[@reachberteg9111]

I was curious as to the truth about that gadget.

[@elijahrose2144]

Love the classic movies these is worth 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 10stars🦋Thank you for sharing 🍿🍿 blesssing to you your family and love ones

[@leannbridwell1853]

Love old movies!

[@peterhunt5890]

Totally absorbing thank you

[@bubby2325]

Marjorie looked so much better as a blonde. Contrast this look with "Midnight Special"- a decent film about modern train robberies with John King. She was also a blonde in "Holiday Inn," probably her most famous role.

[@michaelkottler]

The apartment clerk at around 41:50 is played by the same actor, Tristram Coffin, who's perfect as the "good" Dr. , Dr. Foster I believe, in The Corpse Vanishes w/Bela Lugosi (as well as appearing in many other films & at least one TV show). He is one of few I'm aware of who co-starred with both Lugosi and Karloff, both well-known for their famous portrayals of Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster, respectively.

[@parrot0051]

This Mr Wong series sure used it's actors well, as they all are in these movies all of course are in different rolls and this series is one of my favorite series

[@Bill23799]

Haha It amazes me how much Police Officers back then contaminate their own crime scene so much before the CSI unit has a chance to even dust for fingerprints. How could they solve any crime without the help of Mr Wong?

[@MrLyndarenaud]

I doubt that they even had a CSI unit, back then! Certainly a fingerprint person...probably, all of them could do fingerprints! Nothing was specialized like it is today! Everyone was versed in all Police duties.

[@meowcat9636]

It's a movie, it's pure fiction.

[@davehallett3128]

@@MrLyndarenaud like shooting black suspects before they ve been interrogated

[@jglammi]

@@davehallett3128 they killed all Black suspects..none survived.......

[@jglammi]

@@meowcat9636 no

[@marypatten9655]

Lol. What do you know about this guy. Not much. Then proceeds to say he is a gambler, smuggler, crook, everything. Love this series. Please keep sharing. God bless

[@douglasbarton6597]

What amazes me is how Wong is able to see in the dark, there sure were plenty of pistolas around in the 1940's - was the NRA active back then?

[@vernalc2449]

"Murdered? Why, I've GOT to have a drink. Would you gentlemen like one?" The good ole days, lol.

[@winstonpoole9906]

Good print ! Well done PizzaFlix .

[@cliffordmoody6660]

this movie has a feel of charlie chan

[@alexapenn6399]

Charlie Chan much much better! try Dr. Moto - Peter Lorre. . .

[@helenscott8202]

These don’t have the abominably terrible version of a Chinese accent. What a relief!

[@beckyjacobsen5867]

Not much better,just different. And good. Charlie Chan,Mr. Moto,Mr. Wong. Love them all

[@leelarson107]

Hey, this is entertainment, not Political Correctness 101.

[@alexapenn6399]

jeeminy! that's San Francisco!

[@gplunk]

Back when a skyscraper was twenty stories!

[@lesterbiggins3772]

Loved it x

[@luismantaras6460]

I liked it! Thanks

[@johnzube3611]

The "crime" of smuggling can only occur under unfree trade. Under free trade it would be indistinguishable from any other free trading action. - JZ, 20.9.20.

[@MickPsyphon]

Boris Karloff as a Chinese American detective stretches credulity, but the story was well written; and it wasn't a bad movie.

[@laurnaleto4622]

Imperial (not emerald) jade is most rare; Ming Dynasty 1368-1644. Original carved pendant shown would reveal that, but it turned into a rough chunk (continuity lapse) joined by other pieces, which could not be identified by a dynasty, thus far less valuable, but still be rare imperial. Have seen all 6 episodes. Sure won't miss Grant Withers. Learned he was once married to Loretta Young and teamed 9 times with Ford/Wayne, ending his career at 54 "so unhappy" per his suicide note.

[@donnajeanbrettnacher3349]

Love these movies

[@seashells5181]

Oh my goodness what a screaming, Hurts my ears.

[@chrisnewport7826]

Then, you could still feel Old San Francisco.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

can't just STARE at the screen for this flick....way better than covid now...

[@joejones9520]

why is Street so angry 24/7? Who would ever want to be around anyone like that? Rude as hell too.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

because the mayor, the commissioner, and press is watching over him and wants him to solve the case asap. plus, the victim was his friend.

[@vernalc2449]

No different than what we put up with today.

[@peterfonseca2801]

The fact that there is no super heroes representing gender swinging misfits from Berkeley or Harvard says a lot. A story plot and a battle of virtues. Society is the victim along with some standing persons who have justice in mind. I believe even in our so called modern era we can learn a lot about the human character and values.

[@irenabevans3411]

Someone slipped up, Mr Wong has staining to his hands, face & front of neck but the back of his neck remains pale, you can see the difference from his jaw line down to his collar

[@souzapereira9829]

pena que a traduçao automatica para o portugues e muito ruim saindo frases que nada tem a ver com o filme. nao se pode nem entender o enrredo.

[@janejames9173]

Love this movie🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@nedludd7622]

The writers of Columbo must have seen this episode.

[@johnsimpson6181]

Note that the bodies of murdered women is never shown, maybe part of the "Code"?

[@paulmentzer7658]

No, this is Monogram, a low budget film agency, thus the reason was to cut costs. No body shown, no need to make it up to been shown.

[@austinevplab7167]

_Naw, delivering heart breaking news is a woman’s job_ .

[@francinebarr1204]

👏👍 Thank You

[@karenhill3970]

So good......loved her Apt too

[@geofromnj7377]

Marjorie Reynolds at that age was drop dead gorgeous.

[@Wwehrwolfoz]

Black & white are my favorites

[@noelfogarty2054]

captain street never takes his hat off?? hmmm was he covering a bald patch lol

[@henrikechers9995]

Loved it. But the shouting inspector is really annoying

[@helenscott8202]

Wow, the number of guns in these 30’s, 40’s movies.

[@mortimerzilch2608]

everybody's packing guns 1940...you got one?

[@glenncox5695]

Apparently, wireless remote controls for radios were introduced for consumers just a couple years prior to this movie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_control

[@katelyn3997]

My grandfather had a remote control for his TV in the 1960’s. He had to move his chair close to the TV as the cord that connected it to the TV was only 4ft long. He was so proud of that remote control, nobody else was allowed to touch it.

[@Horse237]

Married and divorced five times, including an annulment from Loretta Young, his first.

[@leelarson107]

I trust you mean Grant Withers, not Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt).

[@brendayah8056]

So sad Boris would probably not be able to play that part today. Cultural appropriation 😏

[@lisat9322]

Isn't "Tonya" the same actress who played Danny in Rebecca?

[@mortimerzilch2608]

who is the desk clerk at the hotel at 38:00 minutes.??..he had a long career after this in film.

[@parrot0051]

He was also used in other Mr Wong movies as well they all were.

[@curaeus007]

The lead actress has a seemingly inexhaustible supply of silly hats!

[@annebellette201]

Good movie Bobbie a pain all way want to know everything ..that report for you all way want to know everything

[@jimmymckay73]

12:00 little script screw up, she asked if he was mr. Lyons when he didnt give his name, perhaps she is psychic ?

[@Tuberesu]

Fine actor as he was, I don't think Karloff was right for this role and I find it incredible that audiences would accept that a detective Captain would be allowed to have his girlfriend alongside him on every case -- almost as incredible that KZbin should be allowed to force-feed advertising almost every sixty seconds without one word of protest from its audience.

[@joet840]

I didn't do it i tell ya, I didn't do it !

[@mortimerzilch2608]

200 FEET !!! (56:50) that's farther than my Verizon modem !!

[@tintriumph]

i also like the word seamen being used so often makes me giggle

[@pravinasings8098]

Really...how old are you, twelve?

[@thomashorton4435]

Marjorie Reynolds.... sigh :)

[@johnscott2852]

I love these movies but that girl gets on my nerves. Also couldn't they have gotten someone closer to an Asian to play Wong?

[@vernalc2449]

This was 1940. Japan and Germany had already declared war on the future "Allied Powers" in Europe. The US (at least President Roosevelt did) KNEW it wouldn't be long before it, too, was dragged into the conflict and, yes, Mr. Wong was Chinese (the Chinese would later be an ally against the Japanese who had years before invaded their country), he was not Japanese. The US was not as enlightened as it is today (he said sarcastically) and was already weary of people from the Orient-they made no distinction between Chinese and Japanese.

[@MrLyndarenaud]

I can't stand it when men call women ''girlie'...especially, adult women! It sounds so derogatory!!

[@NineInchTyrone]

Jason Robards !

[@Misty45-kx3bz]

💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@ROGERWDARCY]

One in a million people have dissolved into the sea of Brahma! Have you ever heard anyone who achieved Nirvana in the Buddha?

[@pravinasings8098]

Hona, by your example of what comes out of your mouth, you are such a wonderful example of Christian charity...NOT.

[@gloriakinney9408]

Offensive

[@denisepovilat235]

I love these old movies, but I can not stand that rude, pushy, bossy reporter. I would have her cooling her heels in a jail cell for interfering in a police investigation.

[@gloriakinney9408]

I agree. There r 2 movies I did not watch to the end because of her. She's EXTREMELY ANNOYING. Takes away from the story.

[@alexfernandohuenten1374]

good actres.

[@feliciascott5544]

Cute movie, but that detective, screaming at people all the time is very irrating! Ruins the movie.

[@JonFrumTheFirst]

As soon as there's dirty work, "it's a woman's job." Not very manly of him.