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Release Date:
29 September 1945 (USA)
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Charlie Chan at his best in his most thrilling adventure!
Plot:
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Cobra bites lead to a number of murders. Charlie investigates. full summary | add synopsis
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An early hint of Phil Karlson's talent
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Sidney Toler | ... | Charlie Chan |
| Mantan Moreland | ... | Birmingham Brown |
| Benson Fong | ... | Tommy Chan |
| James Cardwell | ... | Ned Stewart |
| Joan Barclay | ... | Paula Webb |
| Addison Richards | ... | John Adams |
| Arthur Loft | ... | Bradford Harris |
| Janet Warren | ... | Record Machine Operator |
| Gene Roth | ... | Morgan (as Gene Stutenroth) |
| Joe Devlin | ... | Taylor |
| James Flavin | ... | H.R. Jarvis |
| Roy Gordon | ... | Walter Fletcher |
| Walter Fenner | ... | Police Inspector Harry Davis |
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Charlie Chan in the Shanghai Cobra (USA) (informal title)
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64 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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USA:Approved (Certificate #10989)
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Actual footage of the Japanese bombing of Shanghai is used in the flashback sequence.
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Errors in geography: A building supposedly located in Washington, DC, has the California state flag flying from its flagpole.
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Charlie Chan:
Ancient ancestor once say even wise man cannot fathom depth of woman's smile.
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Referenced in "Remington Steele: Dancer, Prancer, Donner and Steele (#4.9)" (1985)
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The Shanghai Cobra starts out like gangbusters, with a rain soaked diner scene straight out of Shack Out on 101 or Gun Crazy (the first one). Unfortunately the film then proceeds to plod its weary way through a standard Chan formula that is only barely enlivened by the always wonderful Mantan Moreland. It's as if director Karlson blew half his budget in the first five minutes, just getting the set up the way he wanted it. Watch the beginning and think about The Phenix City Story.