Monogram Pictures
Directed by William Beaudine
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
Roland Winters takes over the role of Charlie Chan after the unfortunate death of Sidney Toler. Winters' Chan is bit more mellow, exuding an air of sophistication, confidence and dare I say aloofness. Mantan Moreland and Victor Sen Young continue their supporting roles in the long-running series. The main problem here is the mystery, it's simply uninteresting. A Chinese princess is murdered in Chan's home. She was running some kind of illegal arms and airplanes racket, and the suspects are those involved with her in the scheme. A couple of intrepid newspaper reporters and a bumbling police detective complete the stereotypical cast.
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