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MysteryThriller

The Shanghai Cobra

- Charlie Chan at his best in his most thrilling adventure!

Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.

Release Date : 1945-09-29

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Monogram Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Charlie Chan in The Shanghai Cobra

Cast

Sidney Toler

Character Name : Charlie Chan

Original Name : Sidney Toler

Gender : Male

Benson Fong

Character Name : Tommy Chan

Original Name : Benson Fong

Gender : Male

Mantan Moreland

Character Name : Birmingham Brown

Original Name : Mantan Moreland

Gender : Male

James Cardwell

Character Name : Ned Stewart

Original Name : James Cardwell

Gender : Male

Joan Barclay

Character Name : Paula Webb

Original Name : Joan Barclay

Gender : Female

Walter Fenner

Character Name : Police Inspector Harry Davis

Original Name : Walter Fenner

Gender : Male

Roy Gordon

Character Name : Walter Fletcher

Original Name : Roy Gordon

Gender : Male

Arthur Loft

Character Name : Bradford Harris

Original Name : Arthur Loft

Gender : Male

Addison Richards

Character Name : John Adams

Original Name : Addison Richards

Gender : Male

Janet Warren

Character Name : Record Machine Operator

Original Name : Janet Warren

Gender : Male

Gene Roth

Character Name : Morgan

Original Name : Gene Roth

Gender : Male

Joe Devlin

Character Name : Taylor

Original Name : Joe Devlin

Gender : Male

James Flavin

Character Name : H.R. Jarvis

Original Name : James Flavin

Gender : Male

George Chandler

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : George Chandler

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-07-01

This rather basic feature sees Sidney Toler's "Charlie" with son "Tommy" (Benson Fong) and chauffeur "Birmingham Brown" (Mantan Moreland) investigating the murder of three folks working at a bank. What makes it more curious is that these people have been done away with using cobra venom - and this reminds our sleuth of a previous case he solved in Shanghai some years earlier. That perpetrator, though very badly burned, escaped custody - and "Chan" suspects that he may be up to his old tricks again. Snag - well the burns were so severe as to necessitate plastic surgery, so nobody now knows what he looks like! This film depends more than usual of Moreland and his comedic antics; the rest of the mystery is a bit too procedural with the constantly bumbling efforts of No. 3 son getting a bit wary at times. Still, much of the adventure takes place underground - and that lends an eeriness to the thing, and there is enough here to pass an hour easily. Not one of the better in the series, but still ok.