Synopsis
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Movie Information
- Director
- Harry Lachman
- Writers
- Lester Ziffren
- Release Year
- 1940
- Runtime
- 65 minutes
- Genre
- Crime, Mystery, Comedy, Thriller
- Language
- EN
- Country
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (20 votes)
Top Cast
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Donald MacBride
Insp. Vance
Ricardo Cortez
George Kirby
Leyland Hodgson
Robert Boggs
Melville Cooper
Herbert 'Snuffy' Fenton
John Sutton
Richard Jeffery
Kane Richmond
Ralph Percy
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