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Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)

02/05/1940 (US)Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller1h 17m
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DEATH AFLOAT...striking swiftly. suddenly...leaving on each strangled victim a calling card of crimson coin...thirty pieces of silver!

Overview

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Sidney Toler

      Sidney Toler

      Charlie Chan

    2. Victor Sen Yung

      Victor Sen Yung

      Jimmy Chan

    3. Leo G. Carroll

      Leo G. Carroll

      Professor Gordon

    4. Lionel Atwill

      Lionel Atwill

      Dr. Suderman

    5. Robert Lowery

      Robert Lowery

      Dick Kenyon

    6. Marjorie Weaver

      Marjorie Weaver

      Paula Drake

    7. Cora Witherspoon

      Cora Witherspoon

      Susie Watson

    8. Don Beddoe

      Don Beddoe

      Frederick Ross

    9. Leonard Mudie

      Leonard Mudie

      Gerald Pendleton

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Jun 23, 2022

    When his British pal "Insp. Shaw" is killed, our eponymous sleuth must join the passengers on a cruise to find the culprit not just of this, but of another murder too! It has a sort of "Murder on the Orient Express" feeling to it, this, as the fellow travellers are introduced to us, and to "Mr. Chan" (Sydney Toler) and we very quickly ascertain that they are a pretty disparate bunch any of whom might, just, be responsible. It helps the mystery that the there is no obvious character - neither by virtue of their role or their billing - to give it away. It's down to some shrewd detective work fro...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • cruise ship
    • gunfight
    • murder investigation
    • rubber mask
    • charlie chan