Tuesday, May 20, 2008

The Horror!? 73: The Fatal Hour (1940)

The murder of an undercover cop leads the detective Mister Wong (Boris Karloff) to the uncovering of a smuggling ring, as well as the problematic family relations of the rich and corrupt.
Not much to say about this one. Well made for a Monogram film, only racist in its choice of actor for the leading role and not even that dumb.
It's a decent way to kill an hour, and the way "modern technology" of the time is used in the explanation of one of the murders is charmingly quaint.
Karloff had better luck with his slumming than Lugosi.

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