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Director:
Harry Lachman
Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
Lester Ziffren (writer)
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Release Date:
13 December 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller more
Plot:
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on. full summary | add synopsis
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User Comments:
Charlie does the "big apple" more (9 total)

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)
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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Trevor Bardette ... Hindu businessman (uncredited)
Stanley Blystone ... Fingerprint expert (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler ... Lefty, the Cop (uncredited)
Frank Coghlan Jr. ... Frank O'Shaughnessy aka Gilroy (uncredited)
Catherine Craig ... Stewardess (uncredited)
Alan Davis ... Pilot (uncredited)
Dorothy Dearing ... Mrs. Percy (uncredited)
Jimmie Dundee ... Bill, the Cop (uncredited)
Ralph Dunn ... Cop (uncredited)
Frank Fanning ... Cop (uncredited)
Carl Faulkner ... Cop (uncredited)
Bud Geary ... Mechanic #2 (uncredited)
Shemp Howard ... Shorty McCoy (The Canarsie Kid) (uncredited)
Paul Kruger ... Guard (uncredited)
Jack 'Tiny' Lipson ... In police lineup, next to Shemp Howard (uncredited)
Lee Phelps ... Joe, the Cop (uncredited)
Charles Tannen ... Voice of Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Shirley Warde ... Mrs. Felton (uncredited)
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Directed by
Harry Lachman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Earl Derr Biggers  characters
Lester Ziffren  writer

Produced by
Sol M. Wurtzel .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Cyril J. Mockridge (uncredited)
 
Cinematography by
Virgil Miller 
 
Film Editing by
Louis R. Loeffler  (as Louis Loeffler)
 
Art Direction by
Lewis H. Creber  (as Lewis Creber)
Richard Day 
 
Set Decoration by
Thomas Little 
 
Costume Design by
Herschel McCoy  (as Herschel)
 
Sound Department
Joseph E. Aiken .... sound
Harry M. Leonard .... sound
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sam Benson .... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Emil Newman .... musical director
Leo Arnaud .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

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Runtime:
65 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: 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: [to Drake] British tenacity with Chinese patience like royal flush in poker game - unbeatable. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) more

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4 out of 5 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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