Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
1h 11m | PG-13
When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.
Director: James Tinling
Studio: Fox Film Corporation
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Video: 720p
Cast
Warner Oland
as Charlie Chan
Keye Luke
as Lee Chan
Jon Hall
as Philip Nash
Irene Hervey
as Diana Woodland
Russell Hicks
as James Andrews
Frederick Vogeding
as Ivan Marloff
Reviews
So "Charlie" (Warner Oland) is to be the guest of honour at a grand banquet. That's all going fine until a prominent British diplomat "Sir Stanley" (David Torrence) finds that his planned gift to our honourable detective is quite lethal... Together with No. 1 son "Lee" (Keye Luke) they must discover whether it was he, or the diplomat, who was the target of their assailant. It doesn't take them long before they, together with local police commissioner "Col. Watkins" (Halliwell Hobbes) and an American agent "Andrews" (Russell Hicks) stumble upon an opium smuggling caper that might just involve the handsome fiancée "Nash" (Jon Hall) of the murdered man's daughter "Diana" (Irene Hervey). Still with me? Well, it's worth paying attention as the story is one of the better efforts and there are quite a few clues to be had as the threads come together. Plenty of quickly-paced banter between father and the constantly (amorously) preoccupied son, and even a rather gentle ditty about "Fu Manchu" from the star help this amiable drama log nicely.