Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)Mary Whitman, an old friend of Charlie's in Reno for a divorce, finds herself accused of murdering the woman her husband planned to marry after the decree became final. Director:Norman Foster |
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Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)Mary Whitman, an old friend of Charlie's in Reno for a divorce, finds herself accused of murdering the woman her husband planned to marry after the decree became final. Director:Norman Foster |
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Dr. Ainsley
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Phyllis Brooks | ... |
Vivian Wells
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Sheriff Fletcher
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Kane Richmond | ... |
Curtis Whitman
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Victor Sen Yung | ... |
James Chan
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Pauline Moore | ... |
Mary Whitman
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Eddie Collins | ... |
Cab Driver
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Kay Linaker | ... |
Mrs. Russell
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Louise Henry | ... |
Jeanne Bently
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Robert Lowery | ... |
Wally Burke
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Charles D. Brown | ... |
Chief of Police King
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Iris Wong | ... |
Choy Wong
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Morgan Conway | ... |
George Bently
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Hamilton MacFadden | ... |
Night Clerk
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Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
The second of the Sidney Toler Charlie Chan movies made by 20th Century Fox. A young woman seeking a divorce in Nevada is suspected of murder when she is seen hovering over the dead body of "the other woman" in the triangle. Charlie and his son Jimmy work together to iron out the mess and figure who is responsible. What I liked about this entry was the way Sidney Toler and Sen Yung (as Son #2) play off each other, and there's also some good comical touches in this one, including Slim Summerville as a clueless sheriff trying to make sense of the goings-on.
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