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Shadows Over Chinatown

- Chan follows the trail of a blood-chilling wave of torso slayings!

In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.

Release Date : 1946-06-27

Language :ItalianEnglish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Monogram Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Charlie Chan in Shadows Over Chinatown

Cast

Character Name : Charlie Chan

Original Name : Sidney Toler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Birmingham Brown

Original Name : Mantan Moreland

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jimmy Chan

Original Name : Victor Sen Yung

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mary Conover

Original Name : Tanis Chandler

Gender : Female

Character Name : Craig Winfield

Original Name : John Gallaudet

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike Rogan

Original Name : Paul Bryar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jack Tilford

Original Name : Bruce Kellogg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Allen

Original Name : Al Bridge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Conover

Original Name : Mary Gordon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joan Mercer

Original Name : Dorothy Granger

Gender : Female

Character Name : Cosgrove

Original Name : Jack Norton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Lannigan

Original Name : George Eldredge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Chalmers

Original Name : Tyra Vaughn

Gender : Female

Character Name : Police Clerk

Original Name : Lyle Latell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Kate Johnson

Original Name : Mira McKinney

Gender : Female

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-03-21

I was generally a fan of the "Charlie Chan" movies with Sidney Toler and this is one of the better ones. To San Francisco he and fairly hapless No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) travel to assist their police with a mysterious murder investigation. That's not all, though. There's a missing person to be found too. "Mary" (Tanis Chandler) has gone awol and her doting mother (Mary Gordon) and her rather drippy fiancé "Jeff" (Bruce Kellogg) are at their wits end. It doesn't help that our sleuthing genius quickly discovers that this absentee once worked with his original victim. The plot thickens and the pair - assisted ably by the cowardy custard, and only sparingly used, "Birmingham Brown" (Mantan Moreland) - must get to the bottom of things before "Mary" comes a cropper. The plot here is a bit more internecine and sophisticated than with many of these adventures. That said, there is a maybe just a little too much coincidence as the thing progresses but I'm sure "Charlie" would have a profound ancestral adage for there being no such thing as luck! There's the tinies of twists at the end and en route it moves along well for an hour. It's always nice to see the original and best Holmesian "Mrs. Hudson" in a film, too!