Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo is a 1937 American movie directed by Eugene Forde. The main character is Charlie Chan, a Chinese-Hawaiian detective. This was the sixteenth and final Charlie Chan film with Warner Oland portraying Chan. The film features Keye Luke as Charlie's son Lee and character actor Harold Huber as a French police inspector.
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| Directed by | Eugene Forde |
| Produced by | John Stone |
| Screenplay by | Charles Belden Jerome Cady |
| Story by | Robert Ellis Helen Logan |
| Starring | Warner Oland Keye Luke Virginia Field |
| Music by | Samuel Kaylin |
| Cinematography | Daniel B. Clark |
| Edited by | Nick DeMaggio |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Warner Oland contracted bronchial pneumonia during his visit to Sweden and died there on August 6, 1938, at age 57. The series continued at Fox for another eleven entries with Sidney Toler. In 1942 Fox sold it to Monogram Pictures, and it continued on even after Toler's death in 1947 with Roland Winters in the role through six films into 1949.
Plot summary
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chans in a web of blackmail and murder.[1]
Cast
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Keye Luke as Lee Chan
- Virginia Field as Evelyn Grey
- Sidney Blackmer as Victor Karnoff
- Harold Huber as Chief of Police Jules Etienne Joubert
- Kay Linaker as Joan Karnoff
- Robert Kent as Gordon Chase
- Edward Raquello as Paul Savarin
- George Lynn as Al Rogers
- John Bleifer as Ludwig
- Eugene Borden as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- Leo White as French Butler (uncredited)
References
- Forde, Eugene (1938-01-21), Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller), Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Virginia Field, Sidney Blackmer, Twentieth Century Fox, retrieved 2020-10-26
