Charlie Chan's Secret

1935
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1h 12m

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7.0/10

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Rosina Lawrence, Warner Oland, and Charles Quigley in Charlie Chan's Secret (1935)

The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered.

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The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered.The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered.The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered.

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IMDb RATING

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1.8K

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Warner Oland

Charlie Chan

Rosina Lawrence

Alice Lowell

Charles Quigley

Dick Williams

Henrietta Crosman

Henrietta Lowell

Edward Trevor

Fred Gage

Astrid Allwyn

Janice Gage

Herbert Mundin

Baxter

Jonathan Hale

Warren T. Phelps

Egon Brecher

Ulrich

Gloria Roy

Carlotta

Ivan Miller

Inspector Morton

Arthur Edmund Carewe

Professor Bowan
(as Arthur Edmund Carew)

William Bailey

Detective Harris
(uncredited)

Francis Ford

Captain of Salvage Ship
(uncredited)

Bud Geary

Policeman
(uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Policeman
(uncredited)

James T. Mack

Fingerprint Man
(uncredited)

Jerry Miley

Allen Colby
(uncredited)

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Trivia
About eight minutes in there is a brief scene of a Sikorsky S-42 overflying the unfinished San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge--two historic icons in one picture.

Goofs
When Charlie is searching the house while using a flashlight, the beam of light is not from the flashlight, angle is wrong and his wrist is exposed in the beam of light.

Quotes
Charlie Chan: If strength were all, tiger would not fear scorpion.

Connections
Edited into Who Dunit Theater: Charlie Chan's Secret (2016)

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8/10

Far from typical Charlie Chan Mystery is also one of the better entries

More serious Chan story has the detective going it alone as he tries to solve the mystery of a missing heir. The mystery becomes a question of murder in short order and the detective tries to find the killer before he is the next victim.

Atypical Chan is undeservedly forgotten, even by me. I remember the film not because of what it is, a cracking good mystery, rather because of what its not, a film with little humor and no of his kids to help him. Its a wonderful change of pace that marked a break from the formula that would dominate most of the films in the series. The film also has one of the best mysteries, as in the plot of what is really going on, in the entire 40 plus film series.. Closer in a way to the darkness of some of the later films, this is one of the Chans thats really is perfect for a dark and rainy night. Recommended