Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

When a strategically important new aerial guidance system is stolen, Charlie traces it to the Berlin Olympics, where he has to battle spies and enemy agents to retrieve it.

Director:

H. Bruce Humberstone

Writers:

Robert Ellis (screen play), Helen Logan (screen play),

Stars:

Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Warner Oland	...	Charlie Chan
Katherine DeMille	...	Yvonne Roland
Pauline Moore	...	Betty Adams
Allan Lane	...	Richard Masters
Keye Luke	...	Lee Chan
C. Henry Gordon	...	Arthur Hughes
John Eldredge	...	Cartwright
Layne Tom Jr.	...	Charlie Chan Jr.
Jonathan Hale	...	Hopkins
Morgan Wallace	...	Honorable Charles Zaraka
Frederick Vogeding	...	Captain Strasser (as Fredrik Vogeding)
Andrew Tombes	...	Police Chief Scott
Howard C. Hickman	...	Dr. Burton (as Howard Hickman)

Storyline

When an experimental plane is hijacked and its pilot murdered, the new guidance system that will allow it to fly unmanned is stolen. Charlie traces the strategically important invention to the current summer Olympic games in Berlin, where myriad spies, enemy agents, and hard-core criminals are ruthlessly pursuing it in order to sell it to another government. Charlie's son Lee, a member of the U.S. Olympic Swim Team, is on hand to help his father recover the device and solve the mystery.

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Plot Keywords:

olympic games | enemy agent | clock | brandenburg gate | track and field | 

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Taglines:

A stadium jammed with cheering sport fans...one hundred thousand strong! Who among them is the killer?

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 1937 (USA)

Also Known As:

Charlie Chan nos Jogos Olímpicos

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The seventeenth of forty-seven Charlie Chan movies starring Warner Oland.

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Goofs

When Charlie Chan, Jr. enters a room where his father and another officer are, Chan, Jr. says, "Pop, here are some cut-up tea and sandwiches," when what he really means is, "Pop, here are some cut-up sandwiches and tea."

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Quotes

Inspector Strasser: [clearly embarrassed] Mr. Chan, I apologize! It's impossible. Things like this cannot happen in Berlin!

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Connections

Follows The Chinese Parrot (1927)

User Reviews

Of Historical Note.

This Chan film is of interest for its historical setting--the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games and the air ship Hindenburg. I find this to be below Warner Oland's usual standard. Not that he doesn't do his normal great job. For me, the setting just isn't mysterious enough. And, while it is fun to see Chan fly on the ill-fated dirigible, it is interesting to note that the film sidesteps the Nazi situation. Pauline Moore appears in this one. She later has a better role in "Charlie Chan in Treasure Island."