The Chinese Ring (1947)
1h 8m | PG-13
Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
Director: William Beaudine
Studio: Monogram Pictures
Genre: Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Video: 720p
Cast
Roland Winters
as Charlie Chan
Warren Douglas
as Sgt. Bill Davidson
Louise Currie
as Peggy Cartwright
Mantan Moreland
as Birmingham Brown
Victor Sen Yung
as Tommy Chan
Philip Ahn
as Captain Kong
Reviews
Quite a routine little outing for Roland Winters as he has to investigate the death of a Chinese lady - in his own house, would you believe - by way of a sinister poisoned dart! It transpires that the woman was really a Princess sent by her government to buy some aircraft with one million dollars which has now gone missing... Aided by No.3 son "Tommy" and the inimitable Mantan Moreland as "Birmingham Brown" he embarks on his perilous quest to discover who killed her, and what happened to the cash! It moves along quickly, but Winters is no Sydney Toler and his performance is nowhere near as engaging; his Confucian OSV syntax is much more contrived and though it's still a fun way to kill an hour, I think the end of now definitely nigh for this character.