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MysteryComedyHorror

Black Magic

- Chan stalks a fiendish murderer!

Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

Release Date : 1944-08-19

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Monogram Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Meeting at MidnightCharlie Chan in Black Magic

Cast

Sidney Toler

Character Name : Charlie Chan

Original Name : Sidney Toler

Gender : Male

Frances Chan

Character Name : Frances Chan

Original Name : Frances Chan

Gender : Male

Mantan Moreland

Character Name : Birmingham Brown

Original Name : Mantan Moreland

Gender : Male

Joseph Crehan

Character Name : Police Sgt. Matthews

Original Name : Joseph Crehan

Gender : Male

Ralph Peters

Character Name : Officer Rafferty

Original Name : Ralph Peters

Gender : Male

Jacqueline deWit

Character Name : Justine Bonner

Original Name : Jacqueline deWit

Gender : Female

Helen Beverly

Character Name : Norma Duncan aka Nancy Wood

Original Name : Helen Beverly

Gender : Female

Harry Depp

Character Name : Charles Edwards

Original Name : Harry Depp

Gender : Male

Frank Jaquet

Character Name : Paul Hamlin

Original Name : Frank Jaquet

Gender : Male

Geraldine Wall

Character Name : Harriet Green

Original Name : Geraldine Wall

Gender : Female

Charles Jordan

Character Name : Tom Starkey

Original Name : Charles Jordan

Gender : Male

Claudia Dell

Character Name : Vera Starkey

Original Name : Claudia Dell

Gender : Female

Dick Gordon

Character Name : William Bonner (as Richard Gordon)

Original Name : Dick Gordon

Gender : Male

Darby Jones

Character Name : Johnson

Original Name : Darby Jones

Gender : Male

Edward Earle

Character Name : Dawson, Police Lab

Original Name : Edward Earle

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-06-30

Now then, this one really struggles to get going. This time it's daughter "Frances" (Frances Chan) who helps "Pop" investigate some odd activity at the home of the new employers of "Birmingham Brown" (Mantan Moreland), who has been released by "Charlie" - who just wants to get back to Honolulu. When hypnotism causes one woman to take a step too far; the race is on to thwart the mysterious, evil, perpetrator before anyone else comes a cropper. Moreland tries too hard, his daftness is too contrived and strained, and though he could be annoying from time to time, it misses "Jimmy" too. The psychic/occult theme has provided well for these films, but maybe this one tries to squeeze just a little too much from an already well exhausted fruit (might that be a "Charlie-ism"?) and i found it quite a long watch. It has it's moments of suspense, though, it's not terrible - it's just lacking certain important ingredients.