Charlie Chan in London
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6.2/10 Letterboxd Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery Language English | 7.4/10 IMDb Prequel Charlie Chans Courage Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 12, 1934 (1934-09-12) Cast (Charlie Chan), Drue Leyton (Pamela Gray), (Neil Howard (as Raymond Milland)), (Lady Mary Bristol), (Paul Gray), (Geoffrey Richmond)Similar movies Murder by Death , Charlie Chan in Reno , Murder Over New York , The Sky Dragon , Black Magic , Charlie Chan in Shanghai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charlie Chan in London is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde. The film stars Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. This is the sixth film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as the detective, and the second not to be lost, after The Black Camel (1931).
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Robert Altman's film Gosford Park, set in 1932, features a (fictional) character who produces the Chan films for Fox and claims to be in England doing research for Charlie Chan in London.
Plot
When a young English man is convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, his sister and her fiance, convinced of his innocence, ask visiting detective Charlie Chan to investigate the crime and find the real murderer. In order to solve the mystery, he must visit a lavish country manor house in England where the suspects vary from the housekeeper to a lawyer. Events soon indicate that the murderer is still actively trying to avoid capture, but Charlie Chan must set a trap to reveal the criminal's identity.
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