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Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
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Directed By H. Bruce Humberstone
Written By Robert Ellis
Helen Logan
Paul Burger
Earl Derr Biggers
Cast Warner Oland
Katherine DeMille
Pauline Moore
Produced By John Stone
Cinematography By Daniel B. Clark
Film Editing By Fred Allen
Music By William Kernell
Studio Twentieth Century-Fox
Distributed By Twentieth Century-Fox
Franchise Charlie Chan Franchise
Country United States
Language English
Release Date May 21, 1937
Runtime 71 Minutes

Overview[]

Charlie Chan traces the theft of a new aerial guidance system, which takes him to the Berlin Olympics. There he battles spies and enemy agents in order to retrieve it.

Plot[]

Cast[]

  • Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
  • Katherine DeMille as Yvonne Roland
  • Pauline Moore as Betty Adams
  • Allan Lane as Richard Masters
  • Keye Luke as Lee Chan
  • C. Henry Gordon as Arthur Hughes
  • John Eldredge as Mr. Cartwright
  • Layne Tom, Jr. as Charlie Chan, Jr.
  • Jonathan Hale as Mr. Hopkins
  • Morgan Wallace as Hnorable Charles Zaraka
  • Frederik Vogeding as Inspector Strasser
  • Howard C. Hickman as Dr. Burton
  • Jesse Owens as himself

Production[]

Reception[]

Taglines[]

  • Murderous Spies invade Olympic Games!
  • DEATH FIRES THE STARTING GUN!...and you'll be breathless at the finish!

Trivia[]

  • Stock footage of the dirigible Hindenburg was retouched, frame by frame, to blot out the swastikas emblazoned on the airship's tail.

Trailer[]

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