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22/09/1937 Crime, Mystery, Thriller 1h 8m
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Overview

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.

  1. Eugene Forde

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Warner Oland

    Charlie Chan

  2. Keye Luke

    Lee Chan

  3. Joan Marsh

    Joan Wendall, Photographer

  4. J. Edward Bromberg

    Murdock, Editor New York Bulletin

  5. Douglas Fowley

    Johnny Burke

  6. Harold Huber

    Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD

  7. Donald Woods

    Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin

  8. Louise Henry

    Billie Bronson

  9. Joan Woodbury

    Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-20
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 a...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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