Genre | Titel [IMDb] | Jahr | Originaltitel [TMDb] | Regie | Land | min |
Crime, Mystery, Thriller | Charlie Chan 29 - The Chinese Cat | 1944 | The Chinese Cat | Phil Rosen | United States | 66 |
6,7 IMDb Nr.633 | Handlung "MUST CONFESS. HONORABLE SON...This Is My Most Baffling Case!" Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert. Kommentar aus IMDb.com [Klicken zum Anzeigen] (by ccthemovieman-1 on 31 March 2006) These Sidney Toler "Monogram" Chan films, the last in the series, don't measure up to Warner Oland's earlier efforts but they are still very entertaining to me. Even with Mantan Moreland, who probably offends the sensibilities of a lot of people with his scared black-man routine. I can see where that's offensive, but if you just take him as a comedian and let it go, you can enjoy and even laugh with him. The only thing I did NOT find funny in here, but I normally do, is Charlie's insults to his kid. In this film, Tolder insults "Number Three Son" (Benson Fong) so many times that it borders on downright mean-spiritedness. Anyway, it was still a "decent" combination of mystery and comedy and the ending was cool, with Chan and his assistants chasing the bad guys around a "fun house." All the Charlie Chan movies are entertaining. | Darsteller Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan Joan Woodbury ... Leah Manning Mantan Moreland ... Birmingham Brown Benson Fong ... Tommy Chan Ian Keith ... Dr. Paul Recknik Sam Flint ... Thomas P. Manning Cy Kendall ... Webster Deacon Weldon Heyburn ... Det. Harvey Dennis Anthony Warde ... Catlen (as Anthony Ward) John Davidson ... Carl Karzdas / Kurt Karzdas | ||||
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