Charlie Chan in Reno
THE CASE OF THE MURDERED DIVORCEE!
1939 | 70m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Norman Foster |
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| Writer: | Frances Hyland |
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| Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 16, 1939 |
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| Director: | Norman Foster |
| Writer: | Frances Hyland |
| Genres: | Mystery, Thriller |
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| Production Companies | 20th Century Fox |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Sidney Toler | Charlie Chan |
| Ricardo Cortez | Dr. Ainsley |
| Phyllis Brooks | Vivian Wells |
| Slim Summerville | Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher |
| Kane Richmond | Curtis Whitman |
| Victor Sen Yung | Jimmy Chan |
| Pauline Moore | Mary Whitman |
| Eddie Collins | Cab Driver |
| Kay Linaker | Mrs. Wayne Russell |
| Louise Henry | Jeanne Bentley |
| Robert Lowery | Wally Burke |
| Charles D. Brown | Police Chief King |
| Iris Wong | Choy Wong |
| Morgan Conway | George Bentley |
| Hamilton MacFadden | Night Clerk |
| Jimmy Aubrey | Me #3 Son Wiseguy |
| Brooks Benedict | Man in Line-Up |
| Stanley Blystone | Lineup Officer |
| Heinie Conklin | Policeman |
| Jerry Frank | Bar Patron |
| Bobby Hale | Mr. Jones (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hamilton | Policeman |
| Harry Hayden | Chemistry Professor |
| Dick Hogan | Jack - College Student |
| Fred Kelsey | Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| Al Kikume | Honolulu Policeman (uncredited) |
| Hank Mann | 'Injured' Con Man / Casino Extra |
| Imboden Parrish | Undetermined Role |
| Jack Perry | Rough Drunk (uncredited) |
| Arthur Rankin | Bellhop |
| Virginia Sale | Maid Reporting Missing Passkey |
| Edwin Stanley | Police Chemist |
| Blue Washington | Man in Line-Up |
| Robert Shaw | College Student (uncredited) |
| Barbara McLean | College Student (uncredited) |
| Dick Cherney | Casino Patron (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Norman Foster | Director |
| Frances Hyland | Writer |
| Earl Derr Biggers | Characters |
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I didn't like this one so much. Our sleuth finds himself embroiled - with No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) - in a puzzling case involving his old pal "Mary" (Pauline Moore) who gets herself implicated in the murder of the new girlfriend of her soon-to-be ex-husband. It's pretty clear that there i ... s no lack of suspects as our profound and sagely detective attempts to get to the bottom of things and clear his friend's good name. As with most of his appearances in this guise, Sidney Toler carries off the part with gentle humour, but the story is just too rushed. There are far too many red herrings and I found the simpering effects of Iris Wong ("Choy") on the normally entertaining but in this case nauseatingly lovestruck "Jimmy" a bit irritating. Slim Summerville's ("Sheriff Fletcher") over cooked his part a bit too much, too. Fine to watch, just not one of the best.