The aircraft used towards the end is a Lockheed Model 10, similar to that flown by Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan on their last flight. This one has had its NC registration number obliterated, and it appears at one time that it may have been used as a military trainer since it seems to have a gun turret mounting ring installed aft of the cockpit and ahead of the cabin door.
Musical Director Emil Newman (younger brother of Alfred Newman and older brother of Lionel Newman, both also 20th Century Fox music composers and conductors) used a variation of his brother Alfred's "Street Scene" for the title sequences. "Street Scene" was a staple musical theme at Fox, used in several films before Alfred Newman conducted an on-screen orchestra in 1953 for a symphonic rendition that began "How to Marry a Millionaire." "Murder Over New York" was one of Emil Newman's first films.
The twenty-seventh of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies.
This film was first telecast in Detroit Monday 7 December 1953 on WXYZ (Channel 7), in Dayton Saturday 23 January 1954 on WLW-D (Channel 2), in Atlanta Tuesday 9 February 1954 on WLW-A (Channel 11), in New York City Friday 12 February 1954 on WCBS (Channel 2), in Philadelphia Thursday 11 March 1954 on WPTZ (Channel 3), in Los Angeles Saturday 19 June 1954 on KNBH (Channel 4), and in San Francisco Wednesday 1 June 1955 on KRON (Channel 4).
Cameo appearance by Shemp Howard when "all of the Hindus in New York are rounded up for a line-up"