Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die

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

NR 1940 · 68 min · ★ 5.7 · Mystery, Crime, Thriller

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.

Directed by William Nigh · Written by Michael Jacoby

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Cast

Boris Karloff James Lee Wong
Marjorie Reynolds Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan
Grant Withers Capt. William Street
William Stelling Dick Fleming
Catherine Craig Cynthia Wentworth
Guy Usher Paul Fleming
Henry Brandon Attorney Victor Martin
Melvin Lang Cyrus B. Wentworth
Wilbur Mack Matthews
Kenneth Harlan Ludlow
Richard Loo Tong Leader
Tristram Coffin Mr. Baldwin - Adjuster (uncredited)

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