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Director:
Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
John Larkin (writer)
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Release Date:
1 March 1940 (USA) more
Tagline:
Charlie Chan Defies the Enemies of America!!! more
Plot:
Charlie shares an airplane flying over the Panama Canal with a plethora of red herrings, one of whom is a master German saboteur. full summary | add synopsis
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`No, he's Ryner.' more (8 total)

Cast

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Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan
Jean Rogers ... Kathi Lenesch (Baroness Kathi von Czardos)
Lionel Atwill ... Cliveden Compton
Mary Nash ... Miss Jennie Finch
Victor Sen Yung ... Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)
Kane Richmond ... Richard Cabot
Chris-Pin Martin ... Sergeant Montero
Lionel Royce ... Dr. Rudolph Grosser
Helen Ericson ... Stewardess
Jack La Rue ... Emil Manolo
Edwin Stanley ... Governor D.C. Webster
Donald Douglas ... Captain Lewis
Frank Puglia ... Achmed Halide
Addison Richards ... R.J. Godley
Edward Keane ... Dr. Fredericks
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Additional Details

Runtime:
66 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA High Fidelity Recording)
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Charlie Chan: Bad alibi like dead fish - cannot stand test of time. more
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
`No, he's Ryner.', 23 June 2002
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Author: Jim Tritten from Corrales, NM

In his last making of a Chan film, director Norman Foster re-makes the 1934 film `Marie Galante' with good success. Sidney Toler by now has five of the Chan series under his belt and he has clearly hit his stride in the role. Good supporting acting by Lionel Atwill and Sen Yung. George Zucco did much better as the suspicious scientist in `Charlie Chan in Honolulu` than does the Lionel Royce in this film. Jean Rogers is better remembered as Dale Arden in the `Flash Gordon' films.

By 1940, American audiences were being conditioned to the threat from saboteurs, such as Ryner, and a nation in arms. Chan exclaims `Intelligent defense of nation best guarantee for years of peace.' There are sufficient clues, cleverly disguised, and lots of misdirection, but the keen observer will be able to keep up with Chan during this case. Recommended.

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