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Doomed to Die

Doomed to Die

# The master of crime cleans up the dirty game of murder!
Comedy   Crime   Mystery   Thriller
📜 Overview: 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.
🌏 Languages Available: English
📆 Date Released: 1940-08-12
⌚ Running Time: 68 mins
⭐ Vote Average: 5.8

Beloved Cast

Boris Karloff original image
James Lee Wong
Boris Karloff
Marjorie Reynolds original image
Roberta 'Bobbie' Logan
Marjorie Reynolds
Grant Withers original image
Capt. William Street
Grant Withers
William Stelling original image
Dick Fleming
William Stelling
Catherine Craig original image
Cynthia Wentworth
Catherine Craig
Guy Usher original image
Paul Fleming
Guy Usher
Henry Brandon original image
Attorney Victor Martin
Henry Brandon
Melvin Lang original image
Cyrus B. Wentworth
Melvin Lang
Wilbur Mack original image
Matthews
Wilbur Mack
Kenneth Harlan original image
Ludlow
Kenneth Harlan
Richard Loo original image
Tong Leader
Richard Loo
Tris Coffin original image
Mr. Baldwin - Adjuster (uncredited)
Tris Coffin
Gibson Gowland original image
Doctor (uncredited)
Gibson Gowland
Jack Kennedy original image
Police Sgt. Casey (uncredited)
Jack Kennedy
Bill Willmering original image
Det. Blake (uncredited)
Bill Willmering
Mike Donovan original image
Det. Mike
Mike Donovan
Maxine Leslie original image
Miss Reed - Secretary
Maxine Leslie
Moy Ming original image
Aged Tong Member
Moy Ming
Angelo Rossitto original image
Newsboy #3 in Montage
Angelo Rossitto

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