Charlie Chan in Panama

3/1/19401h 6m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ One more minute... and the fleet is doomed! ~

Overview:

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

Director:

Norman Foster

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

panama
panama canal
charlie chan

Cast

Sidney Toler

~ as ~

Charlie Chan

Jean Rogers

~ as ~

Kathi Lenesch (Baroness Kathi von Czardos)

Lionel Atwill

~ as ~

Cliveden Compton

Mary Nash

~ as ~

Miss Sarah Finch

Victor Sen Yung

~ as ~

Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

Kane Richmond

~ as ~

Richard Cabot

Chris-Pin Martin

~ as ~

Sergeant Montero

Lionel Royce

~ as ~

Dr. Rudolph Grosser

Helen Ericson

~ as ~

Stewardess

Jack La Rue

~ as ~

Emil Manolo

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
6
This outing for our sleuth finds him working undercover - appropriately in a Panama hat shop - on a mission to help the US Government combat the activities of some spies bent on disrupting the movement of US Naval vessels though the Panama Canal. When a man is murdered in his shop, "Chan" is detained by the unwitting authorities who take him to a local jail where he, coincidentally, encounters no. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung), who was working on a cruise liner and who is also stranded in Panama. Together, they must identify and thwart the would be saboteur amidst a plethora of suspects led by the always reliable Lionel Atwill ("Compton"). I enjoyed the dynamic between father and son - it works well, and the story is actually quite exciting to watch for the most part with a rather better ending than I was expecting. The constant dialogue in contrived proverbs is a little bit annoying, but then it wouldn't be "Charlie Chan" if he ever actually called a spade a spade...!