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Robert Ellis (story) and
Helen Logan (story) ...
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Release Date:
17 January 1936 (USA) more
Tagline:
San Francisco is the scene of Chan's newest and most baffling mystery!
Plot:
The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered. full summary | add synopsis
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Where Was No. 1 (or 2 or 3 or...) Son? more (16 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Warner Oland | ... | Charlie Chan |
| Rosina Lawrence | ... | Alice Lowell |
| Charles Quigley | ... | Dick Williams (Alice's fiancé) |
| Henrietta Crosman | ... | Henrietta Lowell |
| Edward Trevor | ... | Fred Gage (Janice's husband) |
| Astrid Allwyn | ... | Janice Gage (daughter) |
| Herbert Mundin | ... | Baxter (butler) |
| Jonathan Hale | ... | Warren T. Phelps (lawyer) |
| Egon Brecher | ... | Ulrich (caretaker) |
| Gloria Roy | ... | Carlotta (medium) |
| Ivan Miller | ... | Morton of Homicide |
| Arthur Edmund Carewe | ... | Prof. Bowen (advisor in psychic research) |
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72 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
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Crew or equipment visible: When the camera dollies back from Charlie working with his forensic kit, its shadow can be clearly seen. more
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Charlie Chan: Finding web of spider does not prove which spider spin web. more
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Followed by Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940) more
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I always enjoy listening to Charlie Chan quote his famous proverbs, or friendly digs to his kid or helper and I always appreciate his wonderful manners. Charlie's parents certainly taught him how to say "please," "thank you" and respect other human beings. He always carries himself in a gentlemanly manner. Mr. Chan never gets mad, just never loses his temper no matter what happens. He takes everything in stride.
I mention all of this because those were the main attributes to this story - his manner. Missing were two key ingredients that make Charlie Chan films fun to me: his kid (whoever he or she might be) and the humor.
This story didn't have any of Charlie's kids helping him and they were missed. It just wasn't the same without Number One Son either helping him or getting in his way. Also, where was the comedy? That, too, was sorely missed.
That isn't to say I still didn't enjoy the movie; I did, but it wasn't as much as most of them. I did appreciate the ending which was clever but not confusing. The story was fair-at-best, and sometimes all these occult-type themes get tiresome, at least when these séance scenes get silly, as they did in this film. Still, some parts will get your attention, such as a missing man suddenly showing up at the reading of the will, and then moments later being killed!
Overall, a more serious "Chan" story that fans of "B" horror flicks might enjoy more than those of us who want a little humor and kinship along with our Charlie Chan fables.