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Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) Collection

Charlie Chan Chanthology

16 movies 1931 – 1937 19h 7m total 7 snapshots 173 solvers

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Charlie Chan Carries On
Charlie Chan Carries On

Charlie Chan Carries On

1931 1h 16m Dir. Hamilton MacFadden

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.

The Black Camel
The Black Camel

The Black Camel

1931 1h 11m Dir. Hamilton MacFadden
1

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.

Charlie Chan's Chance
Charlie Chan's Chance

Charlie Chan's Chance

1932 1h 13m Dir. John G. Blystone

Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the case. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch.

Charlie Chan's Courage
Charlie Chan's Courage

Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.

Charlie Chan in London
Charlie Chan in London

Charlie Chan in London

1934 1h 19m Dir. Eugene Forde
1

Charlie visits a wealthy country home in England. Suspects in the murder range from a housekeeper to a stableman to a lawyer.

Charlie Chan in Paris
Charlie Chan in Paris

Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.

Charlie Chan in Egypt
Charlie Chan in Egypt

Charlie Chan in Egypt

1935 1h 13m Dir. Louis King
1

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Charlie Chan in Shanghai

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

1935 1h 11m Dir. James Tinling
1

When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.

Charlie Chan's Secret
Charlie Chan's Secret

Charlie Chan's Secret

1936 1h 12m Dir. Gordon Wiles
1

Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.

Charlie Chan at the Circus
Charlie Chan at the Circus

Charlie Chan at the Circus

1936 1h 12m Dir. Harry Lachman

While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.

Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Charlie Chan at the Race Track

When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.

Charlie Chan at the Opera
Charlie Chan at the Opera

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!

Charlie Chan on Broadway
Charlie Chan on Broadway

Charlie Chan on Broadway

1937 1h 8m Dir. Eugene Forde

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.

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

1937 1h 11m Dir. Eugene Forde

Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.

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