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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueCharlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert.Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert.Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert.
Anthony Warde
- Catlen
- (as Anthony Ward)
I. Stanford Jolley
- Gannet
- (as Stan Jolley)
Fred Aldrich
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Daisy Bufford
- Carolina
- (uncredited)
George Chandler
- Hotel Doorman
- (uncredited)
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- AnecdotesThis is actually the 34th Charlie Chan film. Two were filmed in Spanish, and apparently not often counted in the English run of Charlie Chan films. They are: "Eran Trece or There were Thirteen" (1931) and "La Serpiente Roja or The Red Snake" (1937). The latter was filmed in Cuba.
- GaffesThe character played by Cy Kendall is identified as Webster Deacon in dialogue, but George Deacon in a newspaper insert.
- Citations
Charlie Chan: You talk like rooster, who thinks sun come up just to hear him crow.
- ConnexionsFollowed by Black Magic (1944)
Commentaire en vedette
Sidney Toler again reprises most honorable interpretation of Charlie Chan. This time Chan is helping a former police detective(now just a cop) and a beautiful woman out to clear her mother's name in the murder case of her step-father many months ago. It seems he was murdered in his study grasping a bishop from a chess set in the shadow of an ebony Chinese cat statue. Well, this film has a neat and tidy mystery - not too terribly clever or hard to grasp - but highly enjoyable nonetheless. Toler does his best in bringing charm and grace to the role of Chan with always a generous dose of subtle humour. Toler perhaps has too many clichés to throw out, but most of them in this film are amusing and some even telling. Benson Fong is back as #3 son. He and Toler have good chemistry, but he is even better when paired with cab driver/later to be chauffeur Birmingham Brown(played by a great, sometimes forgotten Mantan Moreland). Moreland is just wonderful in his portrayal of a witty, sometimes very blunt/direct working man playing against the characters of Chan and #3 son. Add to this that Moreland is just plain funny. He had me in stitches more than once in this film and every one of his scenes is a real hoot. All the acting is solid if not dazzling in any way. Ian Keith does a particularly solid job as a naysayer to Chan's gift of detection and John Davidson has a good time playing some weird twins Carl and Kurt. While not one of the best Chan films, Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat is a very entertaining entry.
- BaronBl00d
- 25 mars 2006
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- Budget
- 75 000 $ US (estimation)
- Durée1 heure 6 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944) officially released in Canada in English?
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