Charlie Chan on Broadway
1937
CrimeMysteryThriller
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
US | en | United States of America
20th Century Fox
68 min.
Released
Release: 9/22/1937
Eugene FordeDirector
Warner OlandCharlie Chan
Keye LukeLee Chan
Joan MarshJoan Wendall, Photographer
J. Edward BrombergMurdock, Editor New York Bulletin
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CinemaSerf
6/20/2022
Our eponymous sleuth and No.1 son "Lee" (Keye Luke) are returning to the United States when a fellow passenger on their liner plants something in his luggage. Safely home, she tries to retrieve it from his hotel but is soon herself the subject of a police murder investigation. What was she trying to smuggle in, and why did someone kill her for it? Oland and Luke are on fine form in this light-hearted, well paced, mystery with loads of red herrings and strong supporting efforts from J Edward Bromberg as newspaper editor "Murdock"; Harold Huber ("Nelson") the policeman leading the hunt as well as the engaging double act of newspaper folks "Patten" (Donald Woods) and snapper "Joan" (Joan Marsh) and gangster-type "Burke" (Douglas Fowley) all keeping guessing for an hour. Nothing to do with musical theatre....
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