Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)


Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Eugene Forde
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)

It starts out a little talky, but when the action moves to the cruise ship things get better. Chan is asked by Scotland Yard to help catch "The Strangler", who has been murdering people on a worldwide cruise. When the British inspector turns up dead, Chan takes it as a personal challenge to uncover the killer. He follows up numerous clues on board, the most important being a torn coat pocket. It almost has two endings, with an unexpected identity switch and unmasking! Number Two Son Jimmy provides the usual comic relief.

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