Charlie Chan in Honolulu
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Director H. Bruce Humberstone Country United States | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Crime, Horror Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1938 (1938) Writer Charles Belden (original screenplay), Earl Derr Biggers (based on: the character "Charlie Chan" created by) Prequel Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo Cast (Charlie Chan), (Judy Hayes), (James Chan (as Sen Yung)), (Al Hogan), John 'Dusty' King (Randolph (as John King)), (Mrs. Carol Wayne)Similar movies Murder by Death , Black Magic , Charlie Chan in Reno , Charlie Chan in Paris , The Feathered Serpent , Charlie Chan: Behind That Curtain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlie Chan in Honolulu is a 1938 American film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. The film is the first appearance of both Toler as Chan and Victor Sen Yung as "number two son" Jimmy.
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Plot
The film opens with Detective Chan rushing to the hospital to be with his daughter as she prepares to give birth to his first grandchild. While Charlie Chan waits at the hospital, his "number two" son Jimmy intercepts a message intended for Charlie about a murder on board the freighter Susan B. Jennings.
The freighter is on its way from Shanghai to Honolulu under the leadership of Captain Johnson (Robert Barrat). Jimmy wants to prove his investigative skills to his father and so boards the Jennings pretending to be Charlie Chan, with his younger brother Tommy (Layne Tom Jr.) in tow. The ruse doesn't last long and soon the real Chan arrives on board, interrogating a motley assortment of crooks, heiresses and crew as he works to solve a crime whose only witness is secretary Judy Haynes (Phyllis Brooks).
Cast
Rest of the Chan Family
References
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