Charlie Chan in The Scarlet Clue (1945)
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46% of users liked it
(1,253 ratings)
Birmingham Brown joins pal Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) in solving this missing government documents mystery, set at a New York City radio station. Various media types are satirized in this unorthodox entry in the Monogram Pictures series. ~ Michael Hastings, Rovi
- Directed By
- Phil Rosen
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 11, 1945 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Above average Monogram Chan with nice radio station setting.
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...the case is far to complicated to ever entirely hold our interest.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
This was the best Monogram version of Charlie Chan.
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Cast
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Virginia Brissac
as Mrs. Marsh
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Helen Deveraux
as Diane Hall
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Benson Fong
as Tommy Chan
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Robert E. Homans
as Capt. Flynn
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I. Stanford Jolley
as Ralph Brett
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Mantan Moreland
as Birmingham Brown
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Jack Norton
as Willie Rand
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Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan
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Reid Kilpatrick
as Wilbur Chester
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Charles Sherlock
as Sgt. McGraw
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Janet Shaw
as Gloria Bayne
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Milt Kibbee
as Herbert Sinclair
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Ben Carter
as Ben
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Kernan Cripps
as Detective
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Victoria Faust
as Hulda Swenson
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Charles Jordan
as Nelson
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Leonard Mudie
as Horace Carlos
- Helen Deverell
- Robert Homans
