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Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) Collection

Charlie Chan Chanthology

16 titles 1931–1937

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Charlie Chan Carries On
Charlie Chan Carries On
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Charlie Chan Carries On

1931 ★ 7.0

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.

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The Black Camel
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The Black Camel

1931 ★ 6.1

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.

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Charlie Chan's Chance
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Charlie Chan's Chance

1932 ★ 7.3

Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.

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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
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Charlie Chan's Greatest Case

1933 ★ 8.0

When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the case. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch.

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Charlie Chan's Courage
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Charlie Chan's Courage

1934 ★ 8.7

Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.

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Charlie Chan in London
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Charlie Chan in London

1934 ★ 6.9

Charlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. Pamela is convinced of his innocence.

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Charlie Chan in Paris
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Charlie Chan in Paris

1935 ★ 6.6

Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.

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Charlie Chan in Egypt
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Charlie Chan in Egypt

1935 ★ 6.9

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

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Charlie Chan in Shanghai
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Charlie Chan in Shanghai

1935 ★ 6.7

When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.

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Charlie Chan's Secret
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Charlie Chan's Secret

1936 ★ 7.0

Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.

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Charlie Chan at the Circus
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Charlie Chan at the Circus

1936 ★ 6.4

While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.

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Charlie Chan at the Race Track
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Charlie Chan at the Race Track

1936 ★ 7.1

When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.

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Charlie Chan at the Opera
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Charlie Chan at the Opera

1936 ★ 6.8

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

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Charlie Chan at the Olympics
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Charlie Chan at the Olympics

1937 ★ 6.8

Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!

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Charlie Chan on Broadway
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Charlie Chan on Broadway

1937 ★ 7.1

Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.

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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
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Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

1937 ★ 6.3

Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.

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