Doomed to Die (1940)

US:: NR Comedy Crime Mystery 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.

Updated May 10 2020

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1940-08-12

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detective daughter reporter shipping film-noir magnate

FACTS

Runtime: 68 mins Rating: 6.1 Tag Line: The master of crime cleans up the dirty game of murder!

Cast

Boris Karloff

James Lee Wong

Gibson Gowland

Doctor (uncredited)

Richard Loo

Tong Leader

Grant Withers

Capt. William Street

Henry Brandon

Attorney Victor Martin

Guy Usher

Paul Fleming

Kenneth Harlan

Ludlow

Marjorie Reynolds

Dancer