Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)

★ 6.5 1h 6m IMDb

To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

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Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan Died 1947 · Warrensburg, Missouri, USA Sidney Toler (born Hooper G. Toler Jr.; April 28, 1874 – February 12, 1947) was an American actor, playwright and theatre director. The second European-American actor to play the role of Charlie Chan...
Joan Woodbury
Joan Woodbury as Leah Manning Died 1989 · Los Angeles, California, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joan Woodbury (December 17, 1915 – February 22, 1989) was an American actress beginning in the 1930s and continuing well into the 1960s. Woodbury received her...
Mantan Moreland
Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver Died 1973 · Monroe, Louisiana, USA Born just after the turn of the century in Louisiana, Mantan began running away from home at age 12 to join circuses and medicine shows, only to be brought back time and again. During these times he s...
Benson Fong
Benson Fong as Tommy Chan, #3 Son Died 1987 · Sacramento, California ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Benson Fong ( October 10, 1916 – August 1, 1987) was a Chinese-American character actor. Born in Sacramento, California, Fong was from a mercantile family....
Ian Keith
Ian Keith as Dr. Paul Recknik Died 1960 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA Ian Keith (born Keith Ross; February 27, 1899 – March 26, 1960) was an American actor..
Sam Flint
Sam Flint as Thomas P. Manning Died 1980 · Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA Sam Flint was born on October 19, 1882 in Gwinnett County, Georgia, USA as Samuel A. Ethridge. He was an actor, known for The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955), Winds of the Wasteland (1936) and Ch...

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CinemaSerf 6/10 Jun 30, 2022
When millionaire "Manning" (Sam Flint) is found dead inside a locked room, the baffled police make no progress so pretty much abandon their efforts to apprehend the culprit. A while later, the victim's daughter "Leah" (Joan Woodbury) finds the case the subject of a book that levels some pretty unsavoury accusations, and so she enlists the talents of the sleuthing "Charlie Chan" (Sidney Toler) to get to the bottom of this most bamboozling of mysteries. This time it's number 3 son "Tommy" (Benson Fong) who helps out, alongside the rather chicken chauffeur "Birmingham Brown" (Mantan Moreland). Its an OK watch, with a bit of gentle comedy from time to time and a mystery that just about sustains interest for an hour. Toler isn't on his best form, his scathing put downs of his enthusiastic son and the over-played antics of his driver quickly wear thin, but there is some fun to be had at the end in the not so deserted "Fun House".

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