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Charlie Chan on Broadway ()

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Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to ensure her silence.
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Charlie Chan
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Lee Chan
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Joan Wendall
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Murdock
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Johnny Burke
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Inspector Nelson
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Speed Patten
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Billie Bronson
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Marie Collins
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Buzz Moran
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Thomas Mitchell
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Ling Tse (as Tashia Mori)
Charles Williams ...
Meeker
Eugene Borden ...
Louie
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Victor Adams ...
Gangster (uncredited)
Norman Ainsley ...
Steward (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
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Waiter (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Dancer (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Harry Burns ...
Policeman (uncredited)
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Doorman (uncredited)
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Desk Reporter (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
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Photographer (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Carl Faulkner ...
Policeman (uncredited)
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Porter (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
Allen Fox ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Smitty, Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Haefeli ...
Pickpocket (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Sherry Hall ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Beulah Hutton ...
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
William Jeffrey ...
Coroner (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
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Police Official (uncredited)
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Porter (uncredited)
Philip Morris ...
Customs Officer (uncredited)
Billy O'Brien ...
Copy Boy (uncredited)
Paddy O'Flynn ...
Photographer (uncredited)
Henry Otho ...
Detective (uncredited)
Franklin Parker ...
Reporter (uncredited)
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Hindu (uncredited)
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Club Patron (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
Gloria Roy ...
Hat Check Girl (uncredited)
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Policeman (uncredited)
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Lab Technician (uncredited)
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Mac, Policeman (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Doorman at Hottentot Club (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
Allen Wood ...
Bellhop (uncredited)

Directed by

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Eugene Forde

Written by

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Charles Belden ... (screen play) and
Jerome Cady ... (screen play) (as Jerry Cady)
 
Art Arthur ... (original story) &
Robert Ellis ... (original story) and
Helen Logan ... (original story)
 
Earl Derr Biggers ... (based on: the character "Charlie Chan" created by)

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John Stone ... associate producer

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Samuel Kaylin ... (uncredited)

Cinematography by

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Harry Jackson ... (photography)

Editing by

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Alfred DeGaetano ... film editor (as Al De Gaetano)

Art Direction by

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Lewis H. Creber ... (as Lewis Creber)

Costume Design by

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Herschel McCoy ... (costumes) (as Herschel)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Samuel Schneider ... assistant director

Sound Department

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George P. Costello ... sound
Harry M. Leonard ... sound

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Sam Benson ... wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

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Samuel Kaylin ... musical director
R.H. Bassett ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Peter Brunelli ... composer: stock music (uncredited)
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Billie Bronson secretes a package in the trunk of Charlie Chan aboard a New York-bound transatlantic liner. Chan and his number one son, Lee are met at the pier by Inspector Nelson and two rival reporters, Joan Wendall and Speed Patton. Billie, having left the country hurriedly a year ago when sought as a material witness in a political scandal, has returned to "blow the lid off the town." She follows the Chans to their hotel and attempts to regain her package from the trunk, only to be interrupted by Lee. She then goes to the "Hottentot Club", where "candid-camera night" is in full progress, followed by Lee. Already present are Joan and Speed. Billie is mysteriously murdered and Charlie is summoned from a police banquet in his honor. Present in the room with the body are club manager Johnny Burke; club dancer and Burke's girl-friend Marie Collins and the two reporters. While seeking a motive for the murder, a second killing is discovered in Charlie's hotel room, the package is missing from Charlie's trunk and it is realized that it must have contained her diary. Charlie neatly puts together a few scattered clues and names.......as the killer. Written by Les Adams

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Taglines DEATH STRIKES TWICE IN MANHATTAN'S GAYEST SPOTS! (Print Ad- Askov American. ((Askov, Minn.)) 11 November 1937) See more »
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Also Known As
  • Charlie Chan à Broadway (France)
  • Charlie Chan am Broadway (Germany)
  • Charlie Chan Broadwayllä (Finland)
  • O Charlie Chan sto Broadway (Greece)
  • Charlie Chan på Broadway (Denmark)
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Trivia When photographer Joan Wendell (Joan Marsh) first walks into the newspaper building, a man at a desk says, "You just think you can". That man is Lon Chaney Jr, in an uncredited early role. See more »
Goofs The policeman says that the fingerprints on the gun belong to a woman. It is now possible to tell the sex of the person who made a fingerprint but it was not when the movie was made. See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Charlie Chan on Broadway (2021). See more »
Crazy Credits Donald Woods is credited by his name in the main credits, but as "Donald Wood" in the end credits. See more »
Quotes Charlie Chan: [breaking into ship cabin because of screams] Sorry to intrude but etiquette ignored when lady in distress.
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