William Nigh returns to direct and Boris Karloff stars in the second Mr. Wong movie. Wealthy gem collector Brandon Edwards (Morgan Wallace) has taken possession of the largest star sapphire in the world, the Eye of the Daughter of the Moon. Yet his life is in danger, a fact he tells Mr. Wong. On cue, he’s killed during a game of Charades and the gem is taken by his maid Dina (Lotus Long) who wants to take the Eye back home to China. Yet she’s killed too and the gem disappears again.

This movie is 68 minutes long, which is a perfect length, as it never gets slow and keeps you guessing as every time someone takes the Eye, they die. Plus, there are plenty of red herrings and potential murderers, such as Edwards’ wife Valerie (Dorothy Tree), her lover Peter Harrison (Craig Reynolds) or her singing protégé Michael Strogonoff (Ivan Lebedeff).

These films are a lot of fun and I’ve really been enjoying the Kino Lorber set, as it’s a chance to see all five of the Nigh/Karloff Mr. Wong films in one very easy way.

The Kino Lorber blu ray release of the Mr. Wong Collection has new HD masters of each of the five films — with a 2K scan of the fine grains — and this comes with audio commentary for Mr. Wong, Detective by Tom Weaver and Larry Blamire. You can get it from Kino Lorber.