Directed by:
Phil RosenCinematography:
Harry NeumannComposer:
Dave TorbettCast:
Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Hardie Albright, Frank Reicher, Ralph Lewis, Janet Warren, Lester Dorr, John Breen, Al Bridge, Cyril Delevanti, Edith Evanson (more)Plots(1)
In this thrilling 1945 endeavor, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) finds himself at odds with an entire family, any one of whom could be a killer! "Helped" by his pseudo-intellectual Number Four Son (Edwin Luke) and his panicky assistant Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland), Charlie investigates the recent murder of a brilliant but much-loathed scientist (Frank Reicher) who invented a gas that makes wood as strong as steel. But the investigation is anything but elementary, as Charlie sleuths his way through suspicious scientists, sultry sisters, a silent cousin and a butler with a very stiff upper lip! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sidney Toler
USA
Best movies:
Double Wedding (1937)
If I Were King (1938)
Our Relations (1936)
Mantan Moreland
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Hardie Albright
USA
Best movies:
Bambi (1942)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
The Song of Songs (1933)
Frank Reicher
German Empire
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Janet Warren
USA
Best movies:
It Started with Eve (1941)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
The Flame of New Orleans (1941)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
John Breen
USA
Best movies:
Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
Al Bridge
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Cyril Delevanti
UK
Best movies:
Limelight (1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
Edith Evanson
USA
Best movies:
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rope (1948)
Dorothy Granger
USA
Best movies:
Westward the Women (1951)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Henry Hall
USA
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Feet First (1930) - a.f.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) - a.f.
Virginia City (1940)