| Black Magic (1944) | |
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| Directed By | Phil Rosen |
| Written By | Earl Derr Biggers |
| Screenplay By | George Callahan |
| Cast | Sidney Toler Mantan Moreland Frances Chan |
| Produced By | Phillip N. Krasne James S. Burkett |
| Cinematography By | Arthur Martinelli |
| Film Editing By | John F. Link, Sr. |
| Music By | Alexander Laszlo |
| Distributed By | Monogram Pictures |
| Franchise | Charlie Chan Franchise |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Release Date | August 14, 1944 |
| Runtime | 67 Minutes |
Overview[]
Charlie Chan investigates a murder while surrounded by spiritualists and occultists.
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown
- Frances Chan as Frances Chan
- Joseph Crehan as Police Sgt. Matthews
- Helen Beverly as Norman Duncan/Nancy Wood
- Jacqueline DeWit as Justine Bonner
- Geraldine Wall as Harriet Green
- Ralph Peters as Officer Rafferty
- Frank Jaquet as Paul Hamlin
Production[]
Reception[]
Taglines[]
- SCIENCE TRAPS A KILLER!
- Weirdest case of the screen's top sleuth!
- Chan stalks a fiendish murderer!
Trivia[]
- The title card on the DVD, which comes from the original negative, bears the original title, "Black Magic". Revisionists have superimposed "original title: 'Meeting at Midnight'" across the bottom of the screen, but they've got it backwards. "Meeting at Midnight" was the new title attached to the film, about five years after its original release, in order to avoid confusion with Orson Welles' "Black Magic (1949)."
- Actress Frances Chan didn't have to stretch too far in this role. She played a character named . . . Frances Chan!