Complete credited cast: | |||
Roland Winters | ... | Charlie Chan | |
Virginia Dale | ... | Rene Blanchette | |
Mantan Moreland | ... | Birmingham Brown | |
John Gallaudet | ... | Capt. Pete McNalley | |
Victor Sen Yung | ... | Tommy Chan (as Victor Sen Young) | |
Carol Forman | ... | Nita Aguirre | |
Douglas Fowley | ... | Grock | |
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Harry Hayden | ... | Oscar Swenstrom |
Howard Negley | ... | Andre Pereaux | |
Stanley Andrews | ... | Theodore Von Scherbe | |
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Emmett Vogan | ... | Henri Castanaro |
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Boyd Irwin | ... | Simon LaFontanne |
Rory Mallinson | ... | Thompson | |
George J. Lewis | ... | Police Sgt. Dansiger |
The LaFontanne Chemical Company is shipping out a load of we're not sure what, disguised as something entirely different. Mr. Pereaux and Mr. Grock don't want that shipment to ever arrive anywhere, and they and a man named Aquirre mean to stop it at any cost. The ship's owner, Mr. Fontanne, smells a large rat and calls Chan in on the case, since the famous detective is in New Orleans because, well, because he felt like being in New Orleans, I guess. Chan gets what facts there are from LaFontanne, who is promply set upon by a gang who attempt to kidnap him, but fail. Mr. LaFontanne's partners come up with some insurance; just by chance they tell him, a partnership agreement (why they would have been running a company all this time without one is another large mystery which will not be solved) that bestows upon the living partners the portion owned by a deceased partner. Then the guy who invented the formula for the poison gas that the company is making but who was, in his opinion, ... Written by Jim Knoppow
Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) is asked by one of the owners of a chemical plant to investigate the murders of some of his co-owners. The guy is worried he's next. At least, I think that's what the plot was about as it was convoluted and the movie was so dull I stopped caring early on.
Winters is absolutely terrible as Chan. I can't stress this enough. I hate everything about his performance. I especially hate how he delivers lines ("How long you have..uh...been...uh..shaking hands with trouble?"). There is nothing likable or appealing about Roland Winters performance in any of his Chan films. Mantan Moreland is in this as Birmingham Brown. The less said about him the better. Victor Sen Yung is Tommy Chan. Why they messed with the names I don't know but for all of the Toler Chan films he appeared in, Sen Yung played "Number Two Son" Jimmy. Benson Fong played "Number Three Son" Tommy, a totally different son. But when Winters took over the role of Chan, they kept Sen Yung on but changed his name from Jimmy to Tommy, even though he's still referred to as "Number Two Son!" Just another example of the shoddy writing and production at Monogram. This is an exceptionally boring Chan film. Attractive Carol Forman is about the only thing worth recommending about this one.