The Shanghai Cobra
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Duration Sequel The Red Dragon Country United States | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama Running time 1h 4m Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 (Charlie Chan), (Birmingham Brown), (Tommy Chan), (Ned Stewart), (Paula Webb), (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.
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.
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References
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