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Writers:
Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
George Callahan (writer)
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Release Date:
26 January 1945 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A MYSTERY MANSION...Where death lurks in every dark corner and a mad genius runs loose!
Plot:
Charlie Chan looks into the apparent murder of a scientist in a spooky mansion. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Sidney Toler ... Charlie Chan
Mantan Moreland ... Birmingham Brown
Edwin Luke ... Eddie Chan
Hardie Albright ... Walter Meeker
Frank Reicher ... Harper
Janet Warren ... Jean Kent
Cyril Delevanti ... Roth
Al Bridge ... Sheriff Mack (as Alan Bridge)
Ralph Lewis ... Officer Jim Kimball
Dorothy Granger ... Stella Graham
Edith Evanson ... Louise Harper
Joe Whitehead ... Dr. Samuel R. Peabody
Henry Hall ... Inspector Godfrey
Jack Ingram ... Lloyd Archer
Danny Desmond ... Bellboy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
66 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Eddie Chan: Now that I'm here, Pop, what type of murder have we got, and how soon do you wish, uh, me to produce the murderer?
Charlie Chan: Every time you open your mouth you put in more feet than centipede. Remain here and produce nothing but silence.
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Charlie Chan and the War Effort, 9 February 2000

This is a brief and entertaining Charlie Chan picture, starring the second and probably best Chan Sidney Toler. The story involves an eccentric inventor who has a new formula that will revolutionize a war industry. It seems that no one likes him including every member of his household. Naturally, he is killed, and Charlie Chan must figure out who did the dirty deed. This film was produced by Monogram Pictures near the end of the Chan series. It is a neat little story and has some wonderful lines spoken by Chan to his manservant Birmingham Brown and his number Four son, played by Edwin Luke. Mantan Moreland is wonderful as Brown bringing to the role some needed comic relief.

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