Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
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52% of users liked it
(403 ratings)
En route from Honolulu to Los Angeles by steamship, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) is pressed into action when a fellow passenger is killed. The dead man was a prominent horse breeder, whose favorite stallion has been entered in the Santa Anita handicap. At first glance, it appears as though the victim… More En route from Honolulu to Los Angeles by steamship, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) is pressed into action when a fellow passenger is killed. The dead man was a prominent horse breeder, whose favorite stallion has been entered in the Santa Anita handicap. At first glance, it appears as though the victim has been kicked to death by his own horse, but further investigation reveals the complicity of a crooked gambling ring. The excitement of the "photo finish" climax is amplified when Charlie and Number One Son Lee (Keye Luke) are kidnapped by the gamblers -- and the murderer still hasn't been revealed! The best line in Charlie Chan at the Race Track occurs at the end, when Lee excitedly bursts into a room with a vital clue that Charlie has already revealed, whereupon Mr. Chan murmurs: "Please -- save clue for next case." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- H. Bruce Humberstone
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy
G,
- In Theaters
- Aug 14, 1936 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 25, 2008
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
So exactly the very definition of a Charlie Chan movie from the era when Warner Oland played the Chinese detective that it's probably the most essential of them all.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It makes for a satisfactory mystery film
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Cast
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Warner Oland
as Charlie Chan
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John Henry Allen
as "Streamline" Jones
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Thomas Beck
as Bruce Rogers, Phil Childers
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Sidney Bracey
as Ship's Steward
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Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Eddie Brill
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Frankie Darro
as "Tip" Collins
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Alan Dinehart
as George Chester
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Paul Fix
as Lefty
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James Flavin
as Police Detective
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G.P. Huntley
as Denny Barton
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Jonathan Hale
as Warren Fenton
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George Irving
as Maj. Kent
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Harry Jans
as Al Meers
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Keye Luke
as Lee Chan
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Gavin Muir
as Bagley
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Jack Mulhall
as Purser
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John Rogers
as Mooney
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Gloria Roy
as Catherine Chester
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Helen Wood
as Alice Fenton
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Robert Warwick
as Chief of Police
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Charles Williams
as Reporter
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Boris Karloff
as Gravelle
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Charlotte Henry
as Mlle. Kitty
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Margaret Irving
as Mme. Lilli Rouchelle
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Gregory Gaye
as Enrico Barelli
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Nedda Harrigan
as Mme. Lucretia Barelli
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Frank Conroy
as Mr. Whitely
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Guy Usher
as Inspector Regan
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William Demarest
as Sgt. Kelly
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Maurice Cass
as Mr. Arnold
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Tom McGuire
as Morris
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Benson Fong
as Opera Extra
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Selmar Jackson
as Wire-photo Technician
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Fred Kelsey
as Policeman
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Emmett Vogan
as Newspaper Wire-Photo Technician
