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The Shanghai Cobra

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Director
  
Phil Karlson

Duration
  

Sequel
  
The Red Dragon

Country
  
United States

7.2/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Crime, Drama

Running time
  
1h 4m

Music director
  
Edward J. Kay

Language
  
English

The Shanghai Cobra movie poster
Release date
  
September 29, 1945 (1945-09-29)

Writer
  
George Callahan (screenplay), George Wallace Sayre (screenplay), George Callahan (original story), Earl Derr Biggers (characters)

Cast
  
Sidney Toler
(Charlie Chan),
Mantan Moreland
(Birmingham Brown),
Benson Fong
(Tommy Chan),
James Cardwell
(Ned Stewart),
Joan Barclay
(Paula Webb),
Addison Richards
(John Adams)

Similar movies
  
Related Phil Karlson movies

Tagline
  
Charlie Chan at his best in his most thrilling adventure!

When a prominent New York City banker is apparently murdered by the bite of a cobra, police inspector Harry Davis (Walter Fenner) contacts noted private detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler), who had previously tangled with a killer who used cobras as murder weapons. Arriving in Manhattan with his faithful son, Tommy (Benson Fong), and chauffeur, Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland), Chan is drawn into a complex scheme involving a secret government nuclear reserve being held at the victims bank.

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The Shanghai Cobra is a 1945 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.

The Shanghai Cobra movie scenes

Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.

Synopsis

When three bank employees are killed with cobra venom, Detective Chan recalls an oddly similar case ten years earlier in Shanghai. Benson Fong and Mantan Moreland, return as Tommy "Number Three Son" Chan, and Birmingham Brown.

Cast

  • Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
  • Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown
  • Benson Fong as Tommy Chan
  • James Cardwell as Ned Stewart
  • Joan Barclay as Paula Webb
  • Addison Richards as John Adams
  • Arthur Loft as Bradford Harris
  • Janet Warren as Record Machine Operator
  • Gene Stutenroth as Morgan
  • References

    The Shanghai Cobra Wikipedia
    The Shanghai Cobra IMDb The Shanghai Cobra themoviedb.org