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6.6/10 • 28

1935-10-111h 11m

CrimeMysteryThriller

AND NOW YOU SEE HIM IN CHINA!

When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.

Directors
James Tinling
Characters
Earl Derr Biggers

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  1. Warner Oland

    Warner Oland

    Charlie Chan

  2. Keye Luke

    Keye Luke

    Lee Chan

  3. Jon Hall

    Jon Hall

    Philip Nash

  4. Irene Hervey

    Irene Hervey

    Diana Woodland

  5. Russell Hicks

    Russell Hicks

    James Andrews

  6. Frederick Vogeding

    Frederick Vogeding

    Ivan Marloff

  7. Halliwell Hobbes

    Halliwell Hobbes

    Colonel Watkins, police commissioner

  8. Neil Fitzgerald

    Neil Fitzgerald

    Dakin - Colonel Watkins' Aide

  9. Max Wagner

    Max Wagner

    Taxi Driver Henchman

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CinemaSerf

Jun 19, 2022

7/10

So "Charlie" (Warner Oland) is to be the guest of honour at a grand banquet. That's all going fine until a prominent British diplomat "Sir Stanley" (David Torrence) finds that his planned gift to our honourable detective is quite lethal... Together with No. 1 son "Lee" (Keye Luke) they must discover whether it was he, or the diplomat, who was the target of their assailant. It doesn't take them long before they, together with local police commissioner "Col. Watkins" (Halliwell Hobbes) and an American agent "Andrews" (Russell Hicks) stumble upon an opium smuggling caper that might just involve the handsome fiancée "Nash" (Jon Hall) of the murdered man's daughter "Diana" (Irene Hervey). Still with me? Well, it's worth paying attention as the story is one of the better efforts and there are quite a few clues to be had as the threads come together. Plenty of quickly-paced banter between father and the constantly (amorously) preoccupied son, and even a rather gentle ditty about "Fu Manchu" from the star help this amiable drama log nicely.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
drug smugglingshanghai, chinaopiummurder investigationcharlie chan