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Director:
Eugene Forde
Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (story)
Robert Ellis (adaptation)
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Release Date:
21 June 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller 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
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User Comments:
Fun remakeof "Charlie Chan Carries On". more (10 total)

Cast

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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
Layne Tom Jr. ... Willie Chan
C. Montague Shaw ... Inspector Duff
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wade Boteler ... Police Chief (uncredited)
Cliff Clark ... Lt. Wilson (uncredited)
John Dilson ... Police Doctor (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ... Radio Operator (uncredited)
J. Anthony Hughes ... Detective (uncredited)
Paul McVey ... Mrs. Pendleton's Doctor (uncredited)
Walter Miller ... Ship's Officer (uncredited)
Harry Strang ... Guard (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan ... Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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Directed by
Eugene Forde 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Earl Derr Biggers  story
Robert Ellis  adaptation
Helen Logan  adaptation
Robertson White  writer
Lester Ziffren  writer

Produced by
John Stone .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Virgil Miller 
 
Film Editing by
Harry Reynolds 
 
Art Direction by
Richard Day 
Chester Gore 
 
Set Decoration by
Thomas Little 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Saul Wurtzel .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Joseph E. Aiken .... sound
William H. Anderson .... sound
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Helen A. Myron .... wardrobe supervisor
Sam Benson .... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Samuel Kaylin .... musical director
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
77 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Charlie Chan: Life has been risked for jewels less valuable than friendship. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Behind That Curtain (1929) more

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Fun remakeof "Charlie Chan Carries On"., 16 April 2000
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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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