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The Trap is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Howard Bretherton released in USA on 30 november 1946 with Sidney Toler
The Trap (1946)
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Add to a movie listCharlie Chan In the Trap is a 1946 crime film directed by Howard Bretherton. The main premise is two members of a show troupe are murdered, and Charlie Chan is called in to solve the case.
This was Sidney Toler's final film and his final one as the detective Charlie Chan, his 17th of the series. Stricken with cancer during his last few films, Toler was so physically weak during filming that he could hardly walk or say his lines coherently.
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Calamity ensues at the beach villa in Malibu, California, where Cole King's theatre ensemble resides, when one of the showgirls, Adelaide, is challenging Marcia, who is Cole's girl and the star of the show.Actors
Sidney Toler
(Charlie Chan)
Mantan Moreland
(Birmingham Brown)
Victor Sen Yung
(Jimmy Chan)
Larry J. Blake
(Rick Daniels)
Kirk Alyn
(Sgt. Reynolds)
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