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Murder Over New York (1940)

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Overview

Director:
Harry Lachman
Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
Lester Ziffren (writer)
Release Date:
13 December 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Mystery more
Plot:
When Charlie attends a police convention in New York he learns of sabotage slowing down production in aircraft plants. He, of course, enters the case. more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Charlie does the "big apple" more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)
Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan
Marjorie Weaver ... Patricia Shaw
Robert Lowery ... David Elliot
Ricardo Cortez ... George Kirby
Donald MacBride ... Insp. Vance
Melville Cooper ... Herbert Fenton aka Snuffy
Joan Valerie ... June Preston
Kane Richmond ... Ralph Percy
Victor Sen Yung ... Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)
John Sutton ... Richard Jeffery
Leyland Hodgson ... Robert Boggs
Clarence Muse ... Butler
Frederick Worlock ... Hugh Drake
Lal Chand Mehra ... Ramullah
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Additional Details

Runtime:
65 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved
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Goofs:
When Jimmy runs out to tarmac at the airport, to see his pop, Charlie Chan, he ends up standing facing him, with Hugh Drake between them. Then there's a studio shot where Jimmy is standing next to Charlie, not across from him, with Hugh Drake opposite. more
Quotes:
Charlie Chan: One man with gun have more authority than whole army without ammunition. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Charlie Chan in London (1934) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Charlie does the "big apple", 13 August 2000
8/10
Author: pbalos from Panama City, Panama

taking into consideration the Chan films that would follow, this isn't bad. Plenty of stereotypes beginning with the Black man in the beginning and when the police captain orders that "every Hindu in town" by rounded-up. A parade of stereotypical characters enter the scene including Shemp of the Three Stooges. Charlie seems to move quickly around the city going from Sutton Pl. to the W. Village in a flash.The ending is silly. An obvious toy airplane is used as it climbs through the sky and then nose dives. Ed Wood couldn't have done it better. The final scene is absurd as the murderer will obviously incriminate himself in his attempt to quiet the one person who knows his identity. Overall, it is worth watching.

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