Charlie Chan on Broadway

1937

1h 8m

IMDb RATING

7.0/10

YOUR RATING

Rate

POPULARITY

Play trailer

0 Videos

4 Images

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

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.

Directors

Eugene Forde

Writers

Art Arthur(story by)

Robert Ellis(story by)

Stars

Warner Oland

Keye Luke

Joan Marsh

See production, box office & company info

Top cast

Warner Oland

Charlie Chan

Keye Luke

Lee Chan

Joan Marsh

Joan Wendall, Photographer

J. Edward Bromberg

Murdock, Editor New York Bulletin

Douglas Fowley

Johnny Burke

Harold Huber

Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD

Donald Woods

Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin

Billie Bronson

Marie Collins …

Buzz Moran

Thomas Mitchell

Ling Tse

Meeker, Burke's Lawyer

Eugene Borden

Louie, Headwaiter

Lon Chaney Jr.

Desk Reporter

Cyril Ring

Club Patron

Directors

Eugene Forde

Writers

Art Arthur(story by)

Robert Ellis(story by)

All cast & crew

Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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 as the engaging double act of newspaper folks "Patten" (Donald Woods) and snapper "Joan" (Joan Marsh) and gangster-type "Burke" (Douglas Fowley) all keeping guessing for an hour. Nothing to do with musical theatre....

Geronimo196720 Jun, 2022