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Director:
Phil Rosen
Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
George Callahan (story)
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Release Date:
20 May 1944 (USA) more
Tagline:
"MUST CONFESS. HONORABLE SON...This Is My Most Baffling Case!"
Plot:
Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
One of the better Chan films from Monogram more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)
Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan
Joan Woodbury ... Leah Manning
Mantan Moreland ... Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver
Benson Fong ... Tommy Chan, #3 Son
Ian Keith ... Dr. Paul Recknik
Sam Flint ... Thomas P. Manning
Cy Kendall ... George Webster Deacon
Weldon Heyburn ... Detective Lt. Harvey Dennis

Anthony Warde ... Catlen
John Davidson ... Carl Karzoff / Kurt Karzoff
Dewey Robinson ... Salos

I. Stanford Jolley ... Gannet (as Stan Jolley)
Betty Blythe ... Mrs. Manning
Jack Norton ... Hotel Desk Clerk
Luke Chan ... Wu Song
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Murder in the Fun House (USA) (working title)
The Chinese Cat (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
USA:66 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Certification:
USA:Approved

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: The character played by Cy Kendall is identified as Webster Deacon in dialogue, but George Deacon in a newspaper insert. more
Quotes:
Charlie Chan: [to Tommie] Next time you try this, you experience a sudden collision in rear end of pants. more
Movie Connections:
Follows Charlie Chan in London (1934) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
One of the better Chan films from Monogram, 10 October 2003
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Author: NativeTexan from Georgia

Chan fans and film buffs will enjoy this better-than-average Monogram film. True, with the exception of "Charlie Chan in the Secret Service" none of the Monogram series comes close to the 20th C FOX entries, but the story is serviceable and enjoyable. Mantan Moreland shows his best Vaudevillian stage takes, and of note is Joan Woodbury, the Woodbury soap heiress, in at least her third appearance in the Chan series. The other two I know of are "Charlie Chan at the Opera" where she has no lines and dances on a table top during the opera, and "Charlie Chan on Broadway" where she is Douglas Fowley's love interest and performs what I call "the sashay dance."

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