| Charlie Chan in Reno (1939) | |
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| Directed By | Norman Foster |
| Screenplay By | Frances Hyland Robert E. Kent Albert Ray |
| Cast | Sidney Toler Victor Sen Yung Ricardo Cortez |
| Story | Based on "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie |
| Produced By | John Stone |
| Cinematography By | Virgil Miller |
| Film Editing By | Fred Allen |
| Music By | Samuel Kaylin |
| Studio | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Distributed By | Twentieth Century-Fox |
| Franchise | Charlie Chan Franchise |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Release Date | June 16, 1939 |
| Runtime | 71 Minutes |
Overview[]
An old friend of Charlie Chan's, Mary Whitman, is in Reno for a divorce. She finds herself accused of murdering the woman her husband planned to marry.
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
- Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Ainsley
- Phyllis Brooks as Vivian Wells
- Slim Summerville as Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher
- Kane Richmond as Curtis Whitman
- Pauline Moore as Mary Whitman
- Iris Wong as Choy Wong
- Eddie Collins as Cab Driver
- Robert Lowery as Walter Burke
- Charles D. Brown as Chief of Police King
- Louise Henry as Jeanne Bently
- Morgan Conway as George Bently
Production[]
Reception[]
Taglines[]
- The case of the murdered divorcee!
Trivia[]
- Besides Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan, this film's cast contained three other actors who also played famous crimefighters: Ricardo Cortez (Sam Spade in the 1931 "Maltese Falcon"), Morgan Conway (Dick Tracy in two RKO films in the mid-1940's) and Robert Lowery (Batman in the Columbia serial "The Adventures of Batman and Robin" in 1948).
- Final film of actress Louise Henry.