Film

Doomed to Die

1940 · 1h 8m · Mystery · Crime · Thriller

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

IMDb

5.5

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.

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)

Gibson Gowland

Doctor (uncredited)

Jack Kennedy

Police Sgt. Casey (uncredited)

Bill Willmering

Det. Blake (uncredited)

Mike Donovan

Det. Mike

• William NighDirector
• Michael JacobyScreenplay
• Ralph Gilbert BettisonStory
• Paul MalvernProducer
• Harry NeumannDirector of Photography
• Robert GoldenEditor

Release date

August 12, 1940

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 8m

Rated

NR

Genres

Mystery, Crime, Thriller

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