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7.6/10   690 votes
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Writer:
John Larkin (writer)
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Release Date:
6 September 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
Death in the electric chair faces Charlie Chan... at the hands of a murderer twelve years dead! more
Plot:
An escaped convicted murderer hides out at a New York wax museum where he hopes to get plastic surgery, which will help him revenge himself on Charlie Chan. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Lots Of Fun Characters In This Chan Mystery more (12 total)

Cast

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Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung ... Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)
C. Henry Gordon ... Dr. Cream
Marc Lawrence ... Steve McBirney
Joan Valerie ... Lily Latimer
Marguerite Chapman ... Mary Bolton
Ted Osborne ... Tom Agnew (as Ted Osborn)
Michael Visaroff ... Dr. Otto Von Brom
Hilda Vaughn ... Mrs. Joe Rocke
Charles Wagenheim ... Willie Fern
Archie Twitchell ... Carter Lane
Eddie Marr ... Grenock
Joe King ... Inspector O'Matthews
Harold Goodwin ... Edwards
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Additional Details

Runtime:
63 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The twenty-fifth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Inspector Matthews comes in through the museum window, his coat is wet from the thunderstorm outside. Seconds thereafter, although his face still has rain dripping from it, his coat is now dry. more
Quotes:
Charlie Chan: Knowledge short; suspicion long. more
Movie Connections:
Followed by Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) more

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
Lots Of Fun Characters In This Chan Mystery, 30 October 2006
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Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

After first seeing Warner Oland play Charlie Chan in a half-dozen or more pictures, this was my first look at Sidney Toler playing the famous detective. At first I thought he was a distant second to Oland but I have grown to like his version almost as much.

Sen Yung was almost as good as Keye Luke, too, as one of Chan's sons and helpers. Yung plays son "Jimmy" and adds a lot of humor to the movie.

What was really fun about this movie were all the varied characters. There were all kinds of suspects at the wax museum and many pretending to be statutes. The film was humorous and fascinating. Toler's films tended to have more humor in them. I enjoyed ogling Marguerite Chapman in this film.

So far, no announcement of this on DVD, but I expect since the others are slowing being released.

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