In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton,the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and dies. His last words "Eternal Fire" are the only clue Chinese detective Jimmy Wong and Captain Street of the police department have to work on.
Phantom of Chinatown has generally received mixed reviews.
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Phantom of Chinatown was released in 1940 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 6 reviews, giving Phantom of Chinatown (1940) an average rating of 49%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 67%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed Phantom of Chinatown a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 49%, Phantom of Chinatown is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1940, which stands at 63%.
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