《诚实的黄先生》是一部节奏明快的滑稽喜剧，以多线叙事展现了一连串啼笑皆非的乌龙事件，手法老练，令人捧腹。威廉·H·克拉夫特将黄先生那种憨厚又精明的特质演得入木三分，把日常琐碎演出了谍战片的张力，非常上头。它不只是简单的动画，更是对人性弱点的寓言。如果你喜欢《猫和老鼠》那种夸张的肢体幽默，或者对经典的黑白喜剧感兴趣，这部影史佳作绝对不容错过。金·诺瓦克（并非后来的同名女星，而是本片男星）的演技深沉且充满感染力，将一个忠诚而隐忍的人物诠释得入木三分，令人动容。导演韦尔曼深谙视觉叙事，没有对白也能通过神态和动作把侦探的疲惫与反差萌刻画得入木三分。

San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.