Charlie Chan in Shanghai

"AND NOW YOU SEE HIM IN CHINA!"

1935 1h 11m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 29

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Synopsis

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When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.

“AND NOW YOU SEE HIM IN CHINA!”

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Cast

Warner Oland
Charlie Chan
Keye Luke
Lee Chan
Jon Hall
Philip Nash
Irene Hervey
Diana Woodland
Russell Hicks
James Andrews
Frederick Vogeding
Ivan Marloff
Halliwell Hobbes
Colonel Watkins, police commissioner
Neil Fitzgerald
Dakin - Colonel Watkins' Aide

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: James Tinling
Writers: Gerard Fairlie
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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91 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Warner Oland and Keye Luke and Jon Hall carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "AND NOW YOU SEE HIM IN CHINA!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0026199 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 29 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

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

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 71-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 Keye Luke and Jon Hall carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "AND NOW YOU SEE HIM IN CHINA!".
7IMDB entry: tt0026199 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 29 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 71 min · 1h 11m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)

Part of

Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) Collection

Charlie Chan Chanthology

Also by

James Tinling

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-06-19
★ 7/10
So "Charlie" (Warner Oland) is to be the guest of honour at a grand banquet. That's all going fine until a prominent British diplomat "Sir Stanley" (David Torrence) finds that his planned gift to our honourable detective is quite lethal... Together with No. 1 son "Lee" (Keye Luke) they must discover whether it was he, or the diplomat, who was the target of their assailant. It doesn't take them long before they, together with local police commissioner "Col. Watkins" (Halliwell Hobbes) and an American agent "Andrews" (Russell Hicks) stumble upon an opium smuggling caper that might just involve the handsome fiancée "Nash" (Jon Hall) of the murdered man's daughter "Diana" (Irene Hervey). Still with me? Well, it's worth paying attention as the story is one of the better efforts and there are quite a few clues to be had as the threads come together. Plenty of quickly-paced banter between father and the constantly (amorously) preoccupied son, and even a rather gentle ditty about "Fu Manchu" from the star help this amiable drama log nicely.

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