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Dark Alibi(1946)

1h 1min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 9 votes)

After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.

Directed by Phil Karlson

Charlie Chan in Paris(1935)

1h 12min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.

The Trap(1946)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 2min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 8 votes)

When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen(1981)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 10 votes)

Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also encounters an old nemesis known as the Dragon Queen who is the prime suspect.

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo(1937)

3.3/5 (with 8 votes)

Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.

Charlie Chan in Egypt(1935)

1h 13min | Mystery
3.7/5 (with 12 votes)

While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.

Charlie Chan in London(1934)

1h 19min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 11 votes)

After receiving congratulations from the Home Secretary for solving his most recent case, Charlie is sought out by Pamela Gray, a beautiful but desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. She is so convinced of his innocence that she becomes distraught when she overhears Neil Howard, her brother's lawyer and her fiancee, confide to the detective his belief in his client's guilt. Angered at this disclosure, she returns his ring and breaks off the engagement. Although the execution will take place in 65 hours, Charlie pledges to expose the murderer. All potential suspects are reassembled in the country mansion of family friend Geoffrey Richmond, where the murder took place, as Charlie tries to expose the real murderer before time runs out.

Mr. Moto's Gamble(1938)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 12min | Mystery, Thriller, Crime, Action
3.2/5 (with 7 votes)

Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!

Charlie Chan in Honolulu(1938)

3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.

Charlie Chan's Greatest Case(1933)

1h 10min | Mystery

When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the case. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch.

City in Darkness(1939)

1h 15min | Crime, Thriller, Mystery
3.2/5 (with 6 votes)

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..

The Black Camel(1931)

1h 11min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery
2.9/5 (with 14 votes)

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tanaverro first. Tanaverro confronts her about the unsolved murder of fellow film star Denny Mayo three years earlier, and she decides to reject Jaynes' proposal. When Shelah is found shot to death in her beach-front pavilion, Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police investigates.

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Charlie Chan in Shanghai(1935)

1h 11min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 11 votes)

When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum(1940)

1h 3min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
4.0/5 (with 7 votes)

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge. The museum also houses a statue of Charlie. Frustrated number-two son kicks statue in rear; oops, number-two son wrong in his assumption.

Directed by Lynn Shores - With Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence

Charlie Chan's Secret(1936)

1h 12min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 9 votes)

Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.

Charlie Chan in Reno(1939)

1h 10min | Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

Shadows Over Chinatown(1946)

3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.

Directed by Terry O. Morse - With Sidney Toler

The Shanghai Cobra(1945)

1h 4min | Mystery, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 7 votes)

Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.

Directed by Phil Karlson

Charlie Chan's Courage(1934)

1h 10min | Mystery
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.

Madam City Hunter(1993)

1h 28min | Crime, Action, Comedy
2.5/5 (with 5 votes)

A young lady and her father are threatened by a gang named the Five Fingers. Private eye Charlie comes to the rescue.

Charlie Chan at the Olympics(1937)

1h 11min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 10 votes)

Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!

Charlie Chan in Rio(1941)

3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.

Directed by Harry Lachman - With Sidney Toler

The Feathered Serpent(1948)

1h 8min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

In order to learn the location of a fabled Aztec treasure, a professor kidnaps his colleague, the only man able to read the ancient Aztec script that is supposed to reveal the location of the treasure. Charlie Chan and his #1 and #2 sons journey to the jungles of Mexico to find the victim and bring the kidnapper and his gang to justice.

Directed by William Beaudine - With Roland Winters

Charlie Chan at the Opera(1936)

1h 8min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 14 votes)

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

Dead Men Tell(1941)

3.3/5 (with 7 votes)

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

Directed by Harry Lachman - With Sidney Toler

The Chinese Ring(1947)

FSK: 12+ years
| 1h 8min | Thriller, Crime, Mystery
2.4/5 (with 6 votes)

Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.

Directed by William Beaudine - With Roland Winters

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service(1944)

1h 3min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
2.9/5 (with 11 votes)

Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding Chan is his overeager but dull-witted son Tommy and his daughter Iris.

Directed by Phil Rosen

Behind That Curtain(1929)

1h 31min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
2.0/5 (with 5 votes)

Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered and the couple, married, run off to India. Old friend John Beetham sympathizes with the bride who sees that her hubby is a liar and drunk. John and Lois fly to San Francisco. Eric shows up and tries to kill John, but Scotland Yard's Lt. Charlie Chan intervenes. Chan fans may be disappointed in this globe-trotting mystery, however, as the detective only appears in a few scenes. The film is more noteworthy for its introduction of Boris Karloff to sound features, in a small role as a servant from Sudan who mutters inscrutable nonsense about the whims of the desert.

Directed by Irving Cummings - With Warner Baxter

Charlie Chan at the Race Track(1936)

3.7/5 (with 9 votes)

When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.

Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask(1945)

3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.

Directed by Phil Rosen - With Sidney Toler
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