Charlie Chan in Reno

6/16/19391h 10m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ THE CASE OF THE MURDERED DIVORCEE! ~

Overview:

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

Director:

Norman Foster

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

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Cast

Sidney Toler

~ as ~

Charlie Chan

Ricardo Cortez

~ as ~

Dr. Ainsley

Phyllis Brooks

~ as ~

Vivian Wells

Slim Summerville

~ as ~

Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher

Kane Richmond

~ as ~

Curtis Whitman

Victor Sen Yung

~ as ~

Jimmy Chan

Pauline Moore

~ as ~

Mary Whitman

Eddie Collins

~ as ~

Cab Driver

Kay Linaker

~ as ~

Mrs. Wayne Russell

Louise Henry

~ as ~

Jeanne Bentley

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
I didn't like this one so much. Our sleuth finds himself embroiled - with No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) - in a puzzling case involving his old pal "Mary" (Pauline Moore) who gets herself implicated in the murder of the new girlfriend of her soon-to-be ex-husband. It's pretty clear that there is no lack of suspects as our profound and sagely detective attempts to get to the bottom of things and clear his friend's good name. As with most of his appearances in this guise, Sidney Toler carries off the part with gentle humour, but the story is just too rushed. There are far too many red herrings and I found the simpering effects of Iris Wong ("Choy") on the normally entertaining but in this case nauseatingly lovestruck "Jimmy" a bit irritating. Slim Summerville's ("Sheriff Fletcher") over cooked his part a bit too much, too. Fine to watch, just not one of the best.