Charlie Chan at the Opera
A fiendish killer lurks at the opera! Weird! Thrilling! The Master Minds of Crime Match Wits Against Each Other!
1936 | 68m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | H. Bruce Humberstone |
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| Writer: | Charles Belden |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 04, 1936 |
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| Director: | H. Bruce Humberstone |
| Writer: | Charles Belden |
| Genres: | Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | opera |
| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Warner Oland | Charlie Chan |
| Boris Karloff | Gravelle |
| Keye Luke | Lee Chan |
| William Demarest | Sergeant Kelly |
| Guy Usher | Inspector Regan |
| Margaret Irving | Mme. Lilli Rochelle |
| Gregory Gaye | Enrico Borelli |
| Nedda Harrigan | Mme. Lucretia Borelli |
| Frank Conroy | Mr. Whitely |
| Charlotte Henry | Mlle. Kitty |
| Thomas Beck | Phil Childers |
| Maurice Cass | Mr. Arnold |
| Tom McGuire | Pop Morris - Stage Doorman |
| Marc Lawrence | Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed) |
| Joan Woodbury | Dancer in Opera (uncredited) |
| William Bailey | Detective (uncredited) |
| Charles Bancroft | Soldier in Opera (uncredited) |
| John Bleifer | Murdered Orderly (uncredited) |
| Stanley Blystone | Backstage Cop Who Shoots Gravelle (uncredited) |
| Myrta Bonillas | Villager in Opera (uncredited) |
| Raymond Brown | Guard (uncredited) |
| Carita Crawford | Dancer in Opera (uncredited) |
| Patrick Cunning | Villager in Opera (uncredited) |
| Zari Elmassian | Mme. Rochelle (singing voice) (uncredited) |
| Frank Fanning | Cop (uncredited) |
| Jim Farley | Detective (uncredited) |
| Adolph Faylauer | Opera Spectator (uncredited) |
| Larry Fisher | Cop (uncredited) |
| Benson Fong | Opera Supernumerary (uncredited) |
| J. C. Fowler | Opera Spectator (uncredited) |
| Otto Fries | Innkeeper (uncredited) |
| Bud Geary | Cop (uncredited) |
| Milton Gowman | Villager in Opera (uncredited) |
| Herschel Graham | Villager in Opera (uncredited) |
| Harrison Greene | Detective (uncredited) |
| Julia Griffith | Opera Spectator (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| H. Bruce Humberstone | Director |
| Earl Derr Biggers | Characters |
| Oscar Levant | Music |
| Charles Belden | Writer |
| Lucien N. Andriot | Director of Photography |
| Alex Troffey | Editor |
| Herschel McCoy | Costume Design |
| Name | Title |
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| Sol M. Wurtzel | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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I think this might well be my favourite outing for our Hawaiian super sleuth. This time, Warner Oland must investigate some very suspicious goings on in a theatre. Unbeknown to all of us, this theatre has it's very own phantom... but whom? Why? Well, that's all rather entertainingly explained over t ... he course of the hour as he - with the help of son "Lee" (Keye Luke) - must stop this from becoming an operatic game of Russian Roulette. Now there is absolutely no jeopardy - it is pretty clear early on who the culprit it; but our journey of discovery is quite cleverly managed by director Bruce Humberstone with engaging efforts from Margaret Irving, Charlotte Henry, Gregory Gaye and, of course, Boris Karloff. Oscar Levant and William Kernell provide us with some operatic numbers that authenticate the process and the thing has a good deal of fun to it, too. Definitely worth watching, this one..