Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen
4.2 /10 1 Votes
Director Clive Donner Initial DVD release September 7, 2004 Duration Language English | 4/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Mystery Costume design Jocelyn Rickards Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 1981 Writer Jerry Sherlock (story), Stan Burns (screenplay), David Axlerod (screenplay) Cast Peter Ustinov (Charlie Chan), Lee Grant (Mrs. Lupowitz), Angie Dickinson (Dragon Queen), Michelle Pfeiffer (Cordelia Farenington), Brian Keith (Police Chief Baxter), Roddy McDowall (Gillespie)Similar movies Murder by Death , Charlie Chan's Secret , Charlie Chan in Reno , The Trap , The Feathered Serpent , Charlie Chan in Paris Tagline Murderer who turn victim into human baked potato have real appetite for crime. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen is a 1981 comedy–mystery film directed by Clive Donner that stars Peter Ustinov, Angie Dickinson and Lee Grant.
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Plot
Retired detective Charlie Chan is asked for his help by the San Francisco police to solve a new series of murders. But this time his usual sidekick, Number One Son, has been replaced by Lee's own son, Lee Chan, Jr.
The prime suspect in the killings is a shady lady known as the Dragon Queen, but soon Chan's suspicions fall elsewhere. Among those at risk are Lee's maternal grandmother, Mrs. Lupowitz, and even though Charlie Chan's son is, as is usually the case, rarely accurate in reading clues, he has the full love and support of Cordelia, his beautiful fiancee.
Cast
Critical response
Critic Vincent Canby of The New York Timeswrote in his review: "Clive Donner's Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen, which opens today at the Cinerama I and other theaters, is a looselimbed, immensely good-natured entertainment that moves easily between parody and slapstick without ever doing damage to the memories of the character who, in the 1950's and 1960's, gained something of a following as a figure of camp." Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a 5.5/10 with 5 critics responses. TV Guide gives Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen 0 stars out of 5 stars.
Release
Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen was released in theatres on February 13, 1981. The film was released on DVD on September 7, 2004, by Trinity Home Entertainment.
References
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