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A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into Read More »

Princess Mei Ling pays a visit to the Chan residence, where upon being admitted by man-of-all-work Read More »

Nona Brooks, former member of a stranded theatrical troupe, earns a temporary living singing Read More »

Eccentric scientist Harper lives in a spooky mansion with all the trimmings: hidden lab Read More »

When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation Read More »

Two down-on-their luck friends suddenly hit the “jackpot” when they win the clothes Read More »

Chinese detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is on his way to San Francisco to take over a murder case when he meets a woman Read More »

Vic Armstrong arrives at his Uncle Judge Armstrong’s home just in time to answer the telephone. Read More »

All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up Read More »

Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Read More »

In order to learn the location of a fabled Aztec treasure, a professor kidnaps his colleague Read More »

When three employees of a bank are found murdered with cobra venom, Charlie Chan connects the homicides to a case he had worked in Shanghai in 1937. Read More »

Thomas P. Manning, businessman and chess expert mysteriously shot in a locked room, dies clutching some chess pieces. Police are baffled, and finally abandon the case. Six months later, victim’s daughter Leah Manning, stung by a scurrilous book about the case, enlists the aid of Charlie Chan and Number 3 Son. Additional murders follow, leading to a climactic confrontation in a seemingly deserted “Fun House.”
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Charlie Chan investigates the theft of government radar papers (the laboratory is located in the same building as a radio station!) with the help of Number Three Son Tommy and comic sidekick Birmingham Brown.
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A scientist working on an important new invention which will protect Allied shipping from U-boat torpedoes has been assigned Secret Service security protection. Amazingly, despite the fact that his laboratory and experiments are located on the upper floor of his Washington mansion, he decides to host a cocktail party for friends on the first floor. Even though several of his guests are foreign nationals with shadowy pasts, he refuses to allow his bodyguards to attend because their presence might offend them. When he is killed by unknown means before joining them, the resultant summary investigation includes Honolulu detective Charlie Chan and children Tommy and Iris, later joined by Birmingham Brown, the chauffeur of one of the guests. When a preliminary autopsy reveals the scientist was electrocuted, Charlie and his associates must decide which of the suspects and red herrings is the guilty party.
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