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Earl Derr Biggers (novel)
Barry Conners (writer)
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Release Date:
21 June 1931 (USA) more
Tagline:
CHARLIE CHAN'S Latest Thriller
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The unsolved murder of a Hollywood actor several years earlier and an enigmatic psychic are the keys to help Charlie solve the Honolulu stabbing death of a beautiful actress. full summary | add synopsis
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Here we go! more (22 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Warner Oland | ... | Charlie Chan |
| Sally Eilers | ... | Julie O'Neil |
 | Bela Lugosi | ... | Tarneverro |
| Dorothy Revier | ... | Shelah Fane |
| Victor Varconi | ... | Robert Fyfe |
| Murray Kinnell | ... | Smith |
| William Post Jr. | ... | Alan Jaynes |
| Robert Young | ... | Jimmy |
| Violet Dunn | ... | Anna the maid |
| J.M. Kerrigan | ... | MacMaster |
| Mary Gordon | ... | Mrs. MacMaster |
| Rita Rozelle | ... | Luana |
| Otto Yamaoka | ... | Kashimo |
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71 min
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Of the five Warner Oland Charlie Chan films based on the original Earl Derr Biggers novels, only this one still survives. The other four are believed to have been lost in one of two fires, one in the thirties and the other in the sixties. more
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Revealing mistakes: When Charlie is inspecting underneath the table, the motion of the light spot on the floor does not correspond to the position of Charlie's flashlight. more
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Charlie Chan: [about his assistant Kashimo] Can cut off monkey's tail, but he's still monkey. more
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Followed by Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944) more
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The 2nd real Charlie Chan film, the earliest to survive of the 38 that Warner Oland and then Sidney Toler churned out over the next 16 years for Fox and Monogram. Pretty faithful to Earl Derr Bigger's book, this only suffers mildly from the echoey staginess associated with early talkies, with some erratic acting but also some lovely smoky visuals of "Honolulu".
A woman with a dark past is stabbed to death at a hotel - of course all of the guests along with the butler and maid are involved for Charlie to sort through and mull over. Unravelling the threads of the mystery Charlie proved his eyes had microscopic capabilities (wonder how much DNA fingerprinting would've slowed him down?) - and that he was one of those "very clever men able to bite pie without breaking crust". There's a beautiful scene with the entire Chan Clan at the breakfast table that's worth a look on it's own. It all runs delightfully true to form, the excellent polished cast playing up well, especially young Robert Young and Bela Lugosi.
I can't speak for everyone else of course but I still cherish the hope films 1/3/4/5 will one day be found for the additional 5 hours pleasure.