Docks of New Orleans (1948)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Derwin Abrahams

Writers:

Earl Derr Biggers (characters)
Scott Darling (original screenplay)

Release Date:

21 March 1948 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

The LaFontanne Chemical Company is shipping out a load of we're not sure what, disguised as something entirely different...

Plot Keywords:

Company | Partner | New Orleans | Insurance | Gun

Cast

Roland Winters	...	Charlie Chan
Virginia Dale	...	Rene
Mantan Moreland	...	Birmingham Brown
John Gallaudet	...	Capt. McNalley
Victor Sen Yung	...	Tommy Chan
Carol Forman	...	Nito Aguirre
Douglas Fowley	...	Grock
Harry Hayden	...	Oscar Swenstrom
Howard Negley	...	Pereaux
Stanley Andrews	...	Von Scherbe
Emmett Vogan	...	Henri Castanaro
Boyd Irwin	...	Simon LaFontanne
Rory Mallinson	...	Thompson
George J. Lewis	...	Dansiger

Also Known As:

Charlie Chan on the Docks of New Orleans (USA) (poster title)

Runtime:

64 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved

Company:

Monogram Pictures Corporation

Quotes:

Capt. McNalley: Say, the boy has a head on his shoulders.
Charlie Chan: Oh, yes, even melon grown in shade will ripen in the end.

Movie Connections:

Follows Behind That Curtain (1929)

Not very exciting.

This is a Roland Winters' Monogram made Chan flick. It is a remake of their earlier "Mr. Wong, Detective". Neither version is very exciting. Winters is a very weak Chan, at best. Only Victor Sen Young and Mantan Moreland brighten the film. This is one of the films that has Young playing "No. 2 Son Tommy"! He used to be "No. 2 Son Jimmy". Tommy was Benson Fong and No. 3 Son. It is sort of an ongoing blooper in the later Monograms.