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The Trap (1946)

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When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.

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Cast

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Mantan Moreland ...
Victor Sen Yung ...
Jimmy Chan (as Victor Sen Young)
Tanis Chandler ...
Adelaide Brandt
Larry J. Blake ...
Rick Daniels (as Larry Blake)
Kirk Alyn ...
Patrol Sgt. Reynolds
Rita Quigley ...
Clementine
Anne Nagel ...
Marcia
Helen Gerald ...
Ruby
Howard Negley ...
Cole King, Impresario
Lois Austin ...
Mrs. Thorn
Barbara Jean Wong ...
San Toy
Minerva Urecal ...
Mrs. Weebles the Housekeeper
Margaret Brayton ...
Madge Mudge
Bettie Best ...
Winifred
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When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.

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Chan hunts the weirdest killer of his career! (original poster) See more »


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30 November 1946 (USA)  »

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Charlie Chan in the Trap  »

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$75,000 (estimated)
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(Western Electric Sound System)

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1.37 : 1
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This was Sidney Toler's final film. Stricken with cancer during his last few films, he was so physically weak during shooting that he could hardly walk or say his lines coherently. See more »

Goofs

The chemical used on San Toy is initially referred to as chloroform but is later changed to ether. See more »

Quotes

Ruby: You can't quarrel with a lapdog.
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Follows Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933) See more »

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Toler's last Chan film is a big disappointment.
16 April 2000 | by (New York, NY) – See all my reviews

"The Trap" was Sidney Toler's last film as Chan. Too bad it is one of the worst. The script is very poor and so is the acting on all counts. (Well, okay. Sen Yung and Mantan Moreland are funny.) Toler acts like a sleep walker through the whole dreary thing. Granted he was ill. The production values are low even for Monogram. A better title was its working title, "Murder in Malibu" as it is set at a beach house in Malibu. But the whole thing is miserable and not fun at all.


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