Charlie Chan on Broadway backdrop
Charlie Chan on Broadway

Charlie Chan on Broadway

7.0 / 1019371h 8m

Synopsis

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.

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Status: Released

Director: Eugene Forde

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Main Cast

Warner Oland

Warner Oland

Charlie Chan

Keye Luke

Keye Luke

Lee Chan

Joan Marsh

Joan Marsh

Joan Wendall, Photographer

J. Edward Bromberg

J. Edward Bromberg

Murdock, Editor New York Bulletin

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Johnny Burke

Harold Huber

Harold Huber

Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD

Donald Woods

Donald Woods

Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin

Louise Henry

Louise Henry

Billie Bronson

Joan Woodbury

Joan Woodbury

Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell

Leon Ames

Leon Ames

Buzz Moran

User Reviews

CinemaSerf

Our eponymous sleuth and No.1 son "Lee" (Keye Luke) are returning to the United States when a fellow passenger on their liner plants something in his luggage. Safely home, she tries to retrieve it from his hotel but is soon herself the subject of a police murder investigation. What was she trying to smuggle in, and why did someone kill her for it? Oland and Luke are on fine form in this light-hearted, well paced, mystery with loads of red herrings and strong supporting efforts from J Edward Bromberg as newspaper editor "Murdock"; Harold Huber ("Nelson") the policeman leading the hunt as well as the engaging double act of newspaper folks "Patten" (Donald Woods) and snapper "Joan" (Joan Marsh) and gangster-type "Burke" (Douglas Fowley) all keeping guessing for an hour. Nothing to do with musical theatre....