Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)

User Rating:

3.8/10   

Director:

Clive Donner

Writers:

David Axlerod (writer)
Stan Burns (writer)

Release Date:

February 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Mystery

Tagline:

Murderer who turn victim into human baked potato have real appetite for crime.

Plot:

Famous detective Charlie Chan (Peter Ustinov) is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterous series of murders...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Charlie Chan | Drowning | Barefoot | Comical Female Deaths

Cast

Peter Ustinov	...	Charlie Chan
Lee Grant	...	Mrs. Lupowitz
Angie Dickinson	...	Dragon Queen
Richard Hatch	...	Lee Chan, Jr.
Brian Keith	...	Police Chief Baxter
Roddy McDowall	...	Gillespie
Rachel Roberts	...	Mrs. Dangers
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Cordelia Farenington
Paul Ryan	...	Masten
Johnny Sekka	...	Stefan
Bennett Ohta	...	Hawaiian Chief of Police
David Hirokane	...	Lee Chan Sr.
Karlene Crockett	...	Brenda Lupowitz
Michael Fairman	...	Bernard Lupowitz
James Ray	...	Haynes

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L (re-rating) | Iceland:LH (original rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | UK:PG | USA:PG

Company:

Alleanza Cinematografica Italiana (A.C.I.)

Trivia:

In the Shanghai bar scene, Lee Chan, played by Richard Hatch, orders a "Captain Apollo on the rocks." Captain Apollo was Hatch's character on the TV series "Battlestar Galactica" (1978).

Movie Connections:

Edited into How American Cinema Changed Hollywood Forever (2003) (V)

Scenes worth watching

If the A.F.I. decides to vote on the 100 best kisses in American Film, they have to put Richard Hatch's and Michelle Pfeiffer's kiss in the top ten. Not only are we talking tung, but a 45 second smooch that makes the viewers laugh as well as cry. Fast forward to this scene first, the rest of the film can wait.