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Writers:
Charles Belden (writer)
Earl Derr Biggers (character)
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Release Date:
21 April 1937 (Denmark) more
Genre:
Comedy | Musical | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
A fiendish killer lurks at the opera! Weird! Thrilling! The Master Minds of Crime Match Wits Against Each Other!
Plot:
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the opera house to wreak revenge on those who tried to murder him seven years earlier. full summary | add synopsis
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Charlie meets Boris in this one more (21 total)

Cast

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Warner Oland ... Charlie Chan

Boris Karloff ... Gravelle
Keye Luke ... Lee Chan
William Demarest ... Sergeant Kelly
Guy Usher ... Inspector Regan
Margaret Irving ... Mme. Lilli Rochelle
Gregory Gaye ... Enrico Borelli
Nedda Harrigan ... Mme. Lucretia Borelli
Frank Conroy ... Mr. Whitely
Charlotte Henry ... Mlle. Kitty
Thomas Beck ... Phil Childers
Maurice Cass ... Mr. Arnold
Tom McGuire ... Pop Morris - Stage Doorman
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
68 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Unrated
Company:
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The sixteenth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies starring Warner Oland. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When they characters are all gathered in the dressing room after the murders and they are questioning Childers, he says he knew Madame Barelli well. What he actually meant to say Madame Rochelle (or Madame Lilli as she was being referred to). more
Quotes:
Mr. Arnold: I'm stage manager here and this opera's going on tonight even if Frankenstein walks in. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000) (V) more
Soundtrack:
March Funebre more

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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful.
Charlie meets Boris in this one, 28 February 2006
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Author: Chris Gaskin from Derby, England

Charlie Chan At the Opera is one of the better Chan movies I've seen and is worth having in any collection as Boris Karloff is in it.

Boris plays an opera star, Gravelle who escapes from an asylum where he was due to suffering amnesia. He heads to Los Angles where he turns up at an opera. It's not long before people start being murdered though and Gravelle is the chief suspect but as always in these movies, the murderer is the least person you would expect... Charlie Chan and his No1 son help with the investigation.

We also get to see Boris singing in this (if it is his voice) and also includes the opera "Carnival".

Joining Boris in the cast is Warner Orland as Charlie, Keye Luke, Margaret Irving and Guy Usher (The Devil Bat).

Charlie Chan At the Opera is a must for all fans of Chan and Boris Karloff. Excellent.

Rating: 3 and a half stars out of 5.

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