Charlie Chan in Egypt

"Once--Twice--Thrice THE KILLER STRIKES-Then CHAN Faces his WEIRDEST MYSTERY!"

1935 1h 13m EN

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6.9

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★6.9TMDB · 32

Mystery

Synopsis

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While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

“Once--Twice--Thrice THE KILLER STRIKES-Then CHAN Faces his WEIRDEST MYSTERY!”

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Cast

Warner Oland
Charlie Chan
Pat Paterson
Carol Arnold
Thomas Beck
Tom Evans
Rita Hayworth
Nayda
Stepin Fetchit
Snowshoes
Jameson Thomas
Dr. Anton Racine
Frank Conroy
Prof. John Thurston
Nigel De Brulier
Edfu Ahmad

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Louis King
Writers: Robert Ellis, Helen Logan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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91 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Warner Oland and Pat Paterson and Thomas Beck carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Once--Twice--Thrice THE KILLER STRIKES-Then CHAN Faces his WEIRDEST MYSTERY!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0026197 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Louis King directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 73-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
291 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Warner Oland and Pat Paterson and Thomas Beck carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Once--Twice--Thrice THE KILLER STRIKES-Then CHAN Faces his WEIRDEST MYSTERY!".
7IMDB entry: tt0026197 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 32 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "egypt", "murder", "police detective", "desert".

The technical file

Runtime: 73 min · 1h 13m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)

Part of

Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) Collection

Charlie Chan Chanthology

Also by

Louis King

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-06-19
★ 7/10
This time, our eponymous detective gets himself embroiled in a caper involving the mummified remains of a corpse - but not one from Pharaonic times! It turns out to be the erstwhile leader of an expedition to discover the tomb of the famed high priest "Ameti". When other artefacts from this discovery start showing up on the black market, "Chan" (Warner Oland) must evaluate the plentiful supply of suspects who frequent this world of creepy antiquity. No children to assist him, but that doesn't distract from what is quite an eerily presented, quickly paced and engaging adventure thriller with plenty of things going bump in the night, an Anubis that haunts the tomb, and even Rita Hayworth as the sultry ("Nayda"). The comedy is overplayed by the all too verbose, frankly irritating, "Snowshoes" (Stepin Fetchit) but there are still plenty of red herrings to keep this film very much at the top end of these mysteries.

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