DVD 65 mins IMDB 6.7
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Charlie Chan In The Secret Service
MGM / UA (1944)
In Collection
#556

Seen It:
Yes
Mystery
USA  /  English

Sidney Toler Charlie Chan
Gwen Kenyon Inez Arranto
Mantan Moreland Birmingham Brown
Arthur Loft Inspector Jones, Secret Service
Sarah Edwards Mrs. Hargue, Housekeeper
George J. Lewis Paul Arranto
Marianne Quon Iris Chan
Benson Fong Tommie Chan
Muni Seroff Peter Laska
Barry Bernard David Blake

Director Phil Rosen
Producer James S. Burkett; Philip N. Krasne
Writer George Callahan; Earl Derr Biggers

Charlie takes his time as he investigates the case of a scientist murdered for devising a way to protect US forces from German U-boats. Bedeviled by a gaggle of eccentrics, his nervous assistant (Mantan Moreland) and his exuberantly in-the-way offspring (Benson Fong and Marianne Quon), Charlie must decide which of a houseful of guests is actually the plan-purloining Master Spy!

Edition Details
Barcode 027616908339
Region Any Region
Release Date 06-Jul-04
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Subtitles Arabic; French; None
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date September 2008
Store Torrent
Tags AVI(BT), DVDRip(BT)
Links DVD Empire
IMDB

Notes
"Detective Without Curiosity Is Like Glass Eye In Keyhole!" -Charlie Chan

The World War II years, filled with espionage and spies of all sorts, were perfect for the foibles of Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler). And in this 1944 venture, America's Number One Chinese Detective is enlisted by the Secret Service t find the person who murdered the inventor of a top-secret device.