Charlie investigates murders connected with insurance fraud. This one is set in San Francisco's Chinatown.Charlie investigates murders connected with insurance fraud. This one is set in San Francisco's Chinatown.Charlie investigates murders connected with insurance fraud. This one is set in San Francisco's Chinatown.
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Victor Sen Yung
- Jimmy Chan
- (as Victor Sen Young)
Al Bridge
- Capt. Allen
- (as Alan Bridge)
Mira McKinney
- Kate Johnson
- (as Myra McKinney)
Kit Carson
- Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaVictor Sen Yung debuts in the Monogram series, his last CHAN being 1941's "Castle in the Desert," the final entry at Fox.
- GoofsThe scene of the bus supposedly pulling into the San Francisco terminal was very obviously filmed in Hollywood.
- Quotes
Jimmy Chan: Did you find out anything, Pop?
Charlie Chan: Not enough to fill up ear of gnat.
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Shadows Over Chinatown
I was generally a fan of the "Charlie Chan" movies with Sidney Toler and this is one of the better ones. To San Francisco he and fairly hapless No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) travel to assist their police with a mysterious murder investigation. That's not all, though. There's a missing person to be found too. "Mary" (Tanis Chandler) has gone awol and her doting mother (Mary Gordon) and her rather drippy fiancé "Jeff" (Bruce Kellogg) are at their wits end. It doesn't help that our sleuthing genius quickly discovers that this absentee once worked with his original victim. The plot thickens and the pair - assisted ably by the cowardy custard, and only sparingly used, "Birmingham Brown" (Mantan Moreland) - must get to the bottom of things before "Mary" comes a cropper. The plot here is a bit more internecine and sophisticated than with many of these adventures. That said, there is a maybe just a little too much coincidence as the thing progresses but I'm sure "Charlie" would have a profound ancestral adage for there being no such thing as luck! There's the tinies of twists at the end and en route it moves along well for an hour. It's always nice to see the original and best Holmesian "Mrs. Hudson" in a film, too!
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- Mar 20, 2024
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- Also known as
- Charlie Chan in Shadows Over Chinatown
- Filming locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA(studio and some exteriors)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $75,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) officially released in India in English?
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