Charlie Chan: Murder Over New York (1940)
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Murder Over New York finds Honolulu-based detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arriving in the Big Apple for a policeman's convention. No sooner has he arrived than Charlie is up to his neck in a murder mystery. This time the killing is tied in with a gang of enemy saboteurs, bent upon… More Murder Over New York finds Honolulu-based detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arriving in the Big Apple for a policeman's convention. No sooner has he arrived than Charlie is up to his neck in a murder mystery. This time the killing is tied in with a gang of enemy saboteurs, bent upon scuttling the test flight of a revolutionary new bomber plane. With the "help" of willing but inept Number Two Son (Victor Sen Yung), Charlie wades through a sea of suspects to finger the genuine killer. Among the film's highlights is a very funny "line-up" bit by an uncredited Shemp Howard; its low point is a lamentable stretch of racist humor involving black actor Clarence Muse. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Harry Lachman, Eugene Forde
- Written By
- Earl Derr Biggers
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1940 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
An uneven production.
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Cast
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Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan
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Marjorie Weaver
as Patricia Shaw
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Robert Lowery
as David Elliott
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Ricardo Cortez
as George Kirby
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Donald MacBride
as Inspector Vance
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Melville Cooper
as Herbert Fenton
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Joan Valerie
as June Preston
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Kane Richmond
as Ralph Percy
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John Sutton
as Richard Jeffery
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Leyland Hodgson
as Robert Boggs Butler
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Clarence Muse
as Butler
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Frederic Worlock
as Hugh Drake
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Lal Chand Mehra
as Ramullah Aga Singh
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Frank Coghlan Jr.
as Gilroy
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Ralph Dunn
as Pat Cop
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Shemp Howard
as Fakir
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Lee Phelps
as Joe Cop
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Victor Sen Yung
as Jimmy Chan
