Summary

10:00:26:00,Evil Chinese gang plot, Lugosi as Mr. Wong. Chinese gang enters, gives coins to Lugosi, Lugosi ogles over potential world conquest, Lugosi enters room. Woman complains of gong, Women bow to Lugosi, Evil Lugosi scolds woman, Lugosi reads paper, plots with accomplice, Crowd in streets of "Chinatown.", Reporter enters store, greets cop. Looks over dead body, Reporter looks over clues at crime scene, talks to cop, Reporter looks around for clues, Lugosi bows at Chinese altar, Lugosi scolds gangs, Hand opens trap in floor, Chinese woman gives shocked expression (hands to face), Gang throws member into trap in floor, Reporter looks in store window in Chinatown, Reporter talks with Chinese Lugosi in shop, Note in Chinese, translation appears, Lugosi plots with accomplice, Reporter rides in elevator, Chinese man tries to pick pocket, Reporter knocks on door ("Department of Orientology"), Reporter talks with Chinese professor in office, Lugosi talks on phone in Chinese, Chinese professor on phone. Taps receiver, Professor reads note in Chinese. Talks with reporter, Reporter reads book in library, Chinese professor talks with friend about note, Reporter enters phone booth, makes call, hides in booth, Waitress answers call in phone booth. Man takes call, Man tells date he has to run, leaves her at lunch counter, Reporter speaks doubletalk on phone, Reporter sits with woman at lunch counter. Flirt, Lugosi enters shop in Chinatown, Professor ducks behind counter in shop, Lugosi looks around shop. Back room, Cop questions Chinese about murder, Lugosi breaks chair in shop looking for coin, Lugosi with gun shoots through curtain, Professor sneaks out of shop. Hurries down street, Shot fired in street, crowd gathers around dead man, Reporter enters empty shop, looks around, Man hides in back of shop as reporter snoops, Man fights reporter in back of shop, takes coin, Reporter hides in shop as Chinese man snoops around, Reporter walks in on man in shop. Talks, goes over clues, Reporter shows note to man in shop, Reporter enters shop, talks with Chinese women, Lugosi appears from secret passage, Reporter talks with Lugosi in shop. Ask questions, Hand presses button under counter, Cop enters shop. Men talk in shop with Lugosi. Questions, Man pulls gun on Lugosi and thugs in shop, Thugs jump man with gun drag him off, Lugosi questions prisoner in dungeon. Lugosi takes drag on pipe, People pass on street at night, People eat in Chinese restaurant, Reporter with date eating in Chinese restaurant, Woman reads fortune cookie (talk about Chinese food), Fortune reads "You Will Shortly Experience Great Danger.", Woman startled, Hands appear behind reporter, Dying man drops coin, Reporter and woman walk down dark street, Man on fire escape with noose. Tries to hook reporter, Man in fire escape holds dagger, Man on fire escape drops vase, just misses reporter, Reporter and date make their way through dark empty streets, Reporter hails taxi, Reporter and date ride in back of taxi, Taxi passes, Chinese thug hangs on side of taxi, Woman knocked unconscious in taxi, Thug jumps from taxi, Chinese man gives message to reporter on street, Reporter and date arrive at store at night, knock, Woman begs reporter to go home, Lugosi looks down from window at reporter below, Chinese thugs grab reporter. Fight on floor, Woman knocks thug on head, Reporter and woman creep into secret passageway. Snoop, Reporter and woman walk through dark passage, Reporter and woman find each other in passage, Secret panel opens, reporter and woman greet Chinese woman, Reporter finds coin in statue, Chinese thug comes to in shop, Lugosi prepares to torture prisoner with hot poker, Gang grabs reporter and women, Lugosi talks with prisoners, Gang ties woman and reporter in dungeon, Lugosi reacts to gong sound, Lugosi and gang exit through passageway, Reporter and woman tied in dungeon. Struggle to get free, Argue with Lugosi while tied up (they seem drunk), Lugosi reveals plot ("haste is such a futile gesture"), Gong sounds and all walk out, Chinese switchboard operator, Tied reporter makes call on phone. Calls police chief, Thug reports to Lugosi, Police chief at desk taps receiver. Cut off, Thugs search reporter for Sacred Coin of Confucious, Reporter and woman tied to torture devices, Cop enters dark store. Looks around. Takes cookie out of jar, eats cookie, takes detective pulp out of pocket and reads, Detectives rush through secret passage, Cops grab gang in secret passage, Lugosi with hot needle tries to torture woman, Police break in, Lugosi shoots gun (NICE). Cops shoot Lugosi (takes forever to drop dead), Detective releases torture victims, Cop scratches back of head with gun, Hand clings to door handle, falls, Reporter proposes to woman