GenreComedy, Crime, Drama Running time1h 10m CountryUnited States
Release date1939 (1939) Based on"Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie WriterFrances Hyland (screen play), Albert Ray (screen play), Robert E. Kent (screen play), Philip Wylie (original story "Death Makes a Decree"), Earl Derr Biggers (based on: the character "Charlie Chan" created by) SequelCharlie Chan at Treasure Island CastSidney Toler (Charlie Chan), Ricardo Cortez (Dr. Ainsley), Phyllis Brooks (Vivian Wells), Slim Summerville (Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher), Kane Richmond (Curtis Whitman), Victor Sen Yung (Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)) Similar moviesMurder by Death, Charlie Chan in Paris, The Feathered Serpent, Charlie Chan: Behind That Curtain, Charlie Chan in Honolulu, Charlie Chan's Secret
charlie chan in reno 1938
Charlie Chan in Reno is a 1939 American film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie.
Mary Whitman has arrived in Reno to obtain a divorce. While there, she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers).
There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie Chan travels from his home in Honolulu to Reno to solve the murder at the request of Mary's soon-to-be ex-husband.
