The Boris Karloff Collection

Triple bill of Boris Karloff films from 1940. In mystery thriller 'Doomed to Die', Karloff plays James Lee Wong, the scholarly Chinese detective who solves complex murder cases in the Chinese district of San Francisco.

When a wealthy shipping magnate dies in a conflagration aboard his flagship, suspicion falls on the son of a rival industrialist who is in love with the dead man's daughter.

Recruited by a cub reporter convinced of his friend's innocence, Wong begins to investigate around the waterfronts, and uncovers evidence that will lead to the mysterious killer.

Sci-fi horror 'The Ape' sees Karloff as a deranged scientist trying to find a cure for polio by extracting the spinal fluids from gorillas.

He undergoes a hideous transformation after testing the serum on himself.

In 'The Fatal Hour' (AKA 'Mr. Wong at Headquarters'), Karloff reprises his role as Detective James Lee Wong.

This time Wong uncovers a smuggling ring on the waterfront of San Francisco after a close friend of Captain Street (Grant Withers) is murdered during his investigation of an international jewellery scam.