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Charlie Chan at the Olympics is a american film of genre Drama directed by H. Bruce Humberstone released in USA on 21 may 1937 with Warner Oland

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics
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Released in USA 21 may 1937
Length 1h11
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Action,    Crime
Rating69% 3.494473.494473.494473.494473.49447

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) is possibly the most topical Charlie Chan film, as it features actual footage from the 1936 Berlin Olympics. There is also a scene where Charlie crosses the Atlantic in the Hindenburg. This is the 14th film starring Warner Oland as Chan and produced by Fox.

Synopsis

When Chan's oldest son, Lee (Keye Luke), is chosen to compete in the Olympics, Chan is proud as can be. Meanwhile, over the skies of Chan's Honolulu, the "Hopkins plane" is demonstrating an improvement of remote radio control to the US military. However, the aircraft is hijacked by a concealed stowaway, the device stolen, and the test pilot murdered. When Chan, followed by his astute second son, Charlie Jr. (Layne Tom Jr.), tracks down the stowaway, he finds only the man's body.

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