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Charlie Chan at the Circus is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Harry Lachman released in USA on 27 march 1936 with Warner Oland
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
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Add to a movie listCharlie Chan at the Circus is the 11th film produced by Fox starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. A seemingly harmless family outing drags a vacationing Chan into a murder investigation.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Cramer.
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Charlie Chan takes his wife and twelve children on an outing to a circus after receiving a free pass from one of the owners, Joe Kinney. Kinney wants Chan to find out who is sending him anonymous threatening letters. Nearly all of the circus workers are suspects, since Kinney is very unpopular. However, when Chan goes to meet him during the night's performance, he finds the man dead, seemingly killed by a rampaging gorilla who somehow escaped from his cage.Actors
Warner Oland
(Charlie Chan)
Keye Luke
(Lee Chan)
Francis Ford
(John Gaines)
George Brasno
(Colonel Tim, a midget performer at the circus)
John McGuire
(Hal Blake)
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