Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
1h 11m | PG-13
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.
Director: Eugene Forde
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Mystery, Comedy
Video: 720p
Cast
Warner Oland
as Charlie Chan
Keye Luke
as Lee Chan
Virginia Field
as Evelyn Gray
Sidney Blackmer
as Victor Karnoff
Harold Huber
as French Police Inspector
Kay Linaker
as Joan Karnoff
Reviews
Multi-talented No 1. Son "Lee" (Keye Luke) has a painting being exhibited at a gallery in Paris. For reasons that are not quite clear, though, he and his sleuthing father travel from home to France via the tiny principality of Monaco, where they encounter the rather dapper police commissioner "Joubert" (Harold Huber) and are soon immersed in a murderous plot to steal $1m worth of bearer bonds. It's soon clear that the local rivalry between Messrs. "Karnoff" (Sidney Blackmer) and "Savarin" (Edward Raqullo) coupled with some amorous antics are all adding fuel to the fire as the boys struggle to find the truth. As usual, we can enjoy the comic antics of the son - this time well paired with the over-the-top, foppish, Huber and the mystery, though hardly suspenseful, is quite engaging too. As a frequent visitor to Monaco over the years, I have to declare there is one undeniable flaw with the plot - nobody ever got a taxi that easily there; not even one that shot flames from it's exhaust!