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Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Phil Rosen released in USA on 20 may 1944 with Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
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Add to a movie listThe Chinese Cat (also titled Murder in the Funhouse) is a 1944 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.
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Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert with the aid of bumbling Number Three Son (Benson Fong) and knuckle-headed taxi driver (Mantan Moreland).Actors
Sidney Toler
(Charlie Chan)
Mantan Moreland
(Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver)
Benson Fong
(Tommy Chan, #3 Son)
Joan Woodbury
(Leah Manning)
Ian Keith
(Dr. Paul Recknik)
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There are 152 films with the same actors, 76 films with the same director, 57421 with the same cinematographic genres (including 843 with exactly the same 3 genres than Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat, you will probably like those similar films :
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In the two years since the last Charlie Chan feature film (Castle in the Desert), Charlie Chan is now an agent of the U.S. government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding Chan is his overeager but dull-witted Number Three son Tommy (Benson Fong) and his Number Two Daughter Iris Chan (Marianne Quon). Also involved in the case is the bumbling and easily frightened Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland) who works as a limo driver for one of the suspects.
The Scarlet Clue (1945)
, 1h5Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
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Black Magic (1944)
, 1h7Directed by Phil Rosen
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Charlie postpones his trip home to Honolulu help with the investigation of murder involving Number One Daughter (Frances Chan) and an easily spooked chauffeur (Mantan Moreland).
The Jade Mask (1945)
, 1h6Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
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Charlie Chan, son fils n° 4, Eddie, et son chauffeur, Birmingham Brown, examinent le meurtre présumé d'un scientifique excentrique dans un manoir fantasmagorique. Le corps est introuvable et chacun à une bonne raison de vouloir la mort de ce personnage au mauvais caractère.
The Red Dragon (1945)
, 1h2Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
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Rating62%
Gangs Inc. (1941)
, 1h12Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
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You Can't Beat the Law (1943)
, 1h1Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
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I Killed That Man (1941)
, 1h11Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Crime
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The film begins with a disparate group of individuals in a room; some are gambling, some are drinking coffee, others are chatting as if at a party. Curtains are removed from the windows to reveal bars. The group is in a prison to witness the execution of hard core murderer Nick Ross (Ralf Harolde). Ross is told there has been no commutation of his execution. Having never given a confession, Ross proceeds to tell the crowd of the true events of what happened as his benefactor promised him his release; but then falls over dead, the victim of a poison dart.
Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
, 1h10Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
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Rating62%
Right after the war has ended, tugboats are allowed to freely operate again in the US coastal waters. The owner of Secoma Towing & Salvage, Alec Severn (Joseph Crehan), starts searching for the famous Tugboat Annie Brennan (Jane Darwell), to incorporate her back as the captain of his fleet of tugboats.
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, 1h7Directed by Phil Rosen
Origin USA
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Rating60%