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Overview
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Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
Lester Ziffren (writer)
Release Date:
13 December 1940 (USA) 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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Bomber TR-4 Threatened! more (9 total)
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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65 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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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:
Jimmy Chan:
Come on, Pop. Let's get goin'!
Charlie Chan:
Number Two get going to bed.
Jimmy Chan:
Oh, but I'm not tired.
Charlie Chan:
Fresh weed better than wilted rose.
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Follows Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935) more
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In another pre-war sabotage warning, Sidney Toler (as Charlie Chan) protects America's military production while explaining: `One man with gun have more authority than whole army with no ammunition.' Fair series entry with only a slight chance that the viewer will be able to predict the guilty party. As in many of the early Chan films, key information known only to the detective is not revealed until after the solution is announced. On the other hand, there is at least one good clue that might point you in the right direction. `Wishful thinking sometimes lead to blind alley.'
Former Scotland Yard Inspector Hugh Drake is killed prior to sharing information that would lead to the identity of mastermind killer and saboteur Paul Narvo. Mrs. Narvo has escaped from her husband and fears he will kill her since she knows of his escapades. Just enough misdirection and alternative suspects to keep it interesting. Chan is `aided' by his `favorite son' Jimmy in identifying presence of poison gas `tetrogene' and in finding Drake's killer, Chan and the police prevent the loss of a bomber TR-4 (played by the Lockheed Loadstar which is in fact pressed into wartime service as both a bomber and cargo plane) while undergoing a test flight over New York.
Racial slurs re-introduced in this film dialog should probably be cut when shown today since it adds nothing. Closing credits list Marjorie Weaver as playing the part of Patricia Shaw while in film she uses the alias Patria West and her Scotland Yard Criminal Investigation Bureau card shows her maiden name as Miriam Shaw.
Fair mystery best recommended only for those who want to see the entire series.