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 »
Tag Archives: Mantan Moreland
The Sky Dragon (1949) Lesley Selander, Roland Winters, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland
All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up Read More »
On the Spot (1940) Howard Bretherton, Frankie Darro, Mary Kornman, Mantan Moreland, Comedy, Mystery
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Read More »
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944) Phil Rosen, Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury, Mantan Moreland, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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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The Scarlet Clue (1945) Phil Rosen, Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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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