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7.9/10   504 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (story)
Robert Ellis (adaptation)
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Release Date:
21 June 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
Along the moonlit decks of a gay luxury liner a pair of happy lovers stroll... and so does... THE DEADLIEST KILLER ON THE HIGH SEAS! more
Plot:
Charlie tries to discover the identity of a strangler who strikes multiple times on a cruise ship bound from Honolulu to California. full summary | add synopsis
User Reviews:
Fun remakeof "Charlie Chan Carries On". more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung ... Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)
Robert Lowery ... Dick Kenyon
Marjorie Weaver ... Paula Drake
Lionel Atwill ... Dr. Suderman
Don Beddoe ... James Ross
Leo G. Carroll ... Prof. Gordon (as Leo Carroll)
Cora Witherspoon ... Susie Watson
Leonard Mudie ... Gerald Pendleton
Harlan Briggs ... Coroner
Charles Middleton ... Jeremiah Walters
Claire Du Brey ... Mrs. Walters
Kay Linaker ... Linda Pendleton
James Burke ... Wilkie
Richard Keene ... Buttons
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Additional Details

Runtime:
77 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The twenty-fourth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies. more
Quotes:
Charlie Chan: Young man's explanation like skin of sensitive woman... very thin. more
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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Fun remakeof "Charlie Chan Carries On"., 16 April 2000
9/10
Author: admjtk1701 from New York, NY

This is a remake of the lost Warner Oland film, "Charlie Chan Carries On". It is also a fun film in its own right even though it borrows a plot gimmick from another Warner Oland Chan film.

There's murder aboard a world cruise and Charlie must take charge when an old friend is murdered in his office. The supporting cast is loaded with familiar faces: Lionel Atwill, Leo Carroll, Charles "Ming the Merciless" Middleton, Robert Lowrey, Marjorie Weaver, and Layne Tom, Jr. as No. 8 Son, Willie Chan. (Tom had previously played Charlie Chan, Jr. in the Warner Oland film, "Charlie Chan at the Olympics".) Sen Yung is funny as Jimmy Chan.

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