Black Magic (1944 film)
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Director Phil Rosen Duration Prequel The Chinese Cat Country United States | 7/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama Running time 1h 7m Sequel The Jade Mask Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 9, 1944 (1944-09-09) Writer Earl Derr Biggers (characters), George Callahan (original screenplay) Cast Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan), Mantan Moreland (Birmingham Brown), Frances Chan (Frances Chan), Joseph Crehan (Police Sgt. Matthews), Helen Beverly (Norma Duncan / Nancy Wood (as Helen Beverley)), Jacqueline deWit (Justine Bonner)Similar movies Dressed to Kill , Time To Kill , Sleepers West , Murder by Death , Resurrection , Contract on Cherry Street Tagline Chan stalks a fiendish murderer! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Black Magic, later retitled Meeting at Midnight for television, is a 1944 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.
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Plot
Charlie postpones his trip home to Honolulu to help with the investigation of murder involving Number One Daughter (Frances Chan) and an easily spooked chauffeur (Mantan Moreland).
Black Magic is notable for being an early film to feature the exposé of fraudulent Spirit Mediums employing fake spirits, voices and the use of trick spirit cabinets.
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