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Charlie 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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- TriviaThis 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.
- GoofsThe character played by Cy Kendall is identified as Webster Deacon in dialogue, but George Deacon in a newspaper insert.
- Quotes
Tommy Chan: Pop, I've got a case that will knock your hat off!
Charlie Chan: Can remove hat without assistance, thank you.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Black Magic (1944)
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Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat is a quite entertaining second Monogram entry in the series
This is my seventh review of a Charlie Chan movie in series chronological order during these consecutive days. It's also my first for the Monogram entries, of which this one is the second. In this one, a young woman's stepfather is murdered in a closed room. She enlists Charlie in the case through communicating with his "No. 3 Son" Tommy (Benson Fong) while both stay at a hotel. Also along for the ride, for only the second time, is cab driver Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland)...The noticeable changes from Fox to Monogram, besides more comic relief with both Fong and Moreland, is some more time for the music score to go along with some more action sequences near the end before we hear Charlie's assessment of the case. Also, the plotting isn't too serious and Chan's wisecracks to his son seem almost mean-spirited, like Abbott & Costello like, though one can take them with a grain of salt. And while Mantan's antics, especially his looks of fright, would probably not do in these politically correct times, he still can be entertainingly funny with what he does here and I don't think it reflects badly on his race at all since to me he's just a funny looking clown who's quite endearing, whatever the race. So on that note, I quite recommend Charlie Chan in the The Chinese Cat. P.S. Mr. Moreland was a native of Monroe in my now home state of Louisiana. And Sam Flint, who played Thomas P. Manning here, was another player in my favorite movie, It's a Wonderful Life. He was the relieved banker in Mr. Potter's office wiping his forehead during the run-on-the-bank sequence.
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- tavm
- Feb 23, 2010
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- Murder in the Fun House
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- $75,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
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- 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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