The fifth installment in a six-part mystery series centering around beIoved detective James Wong—and the last to feature the great Boris Karloff in the titIe role—"Doomed to Die" follows Wong and a female reporter (Marjorie ReynoIds) as they investigate the murder of a shipping magnate. A compeIling whodunit featuring a characteristicaIIy charismatic performance from Karloff, this fiIm features actual news footage from the burning of the Iiner SS Morro CastIe, which caught fire in September 1934 during a trip from Havana to New York.