Directed by:
Eugene FordeScreenplay:
Jerome CadyCinematography:
Harry JacksonComposer:
Samuel KaylinCast:
Warner Oland, Keye Luke, Joan Marsh, J. Edward Bromberg, Douglas Fowley, Harold Huber, Donald Woods, Louise Henry, Joan Woodbury, Leon Ames, Creighton Hale (more)Plots(1)
A New York nightclub singer (Louise Henry) hatches a plan to expose a list of gangsters in her diary. But when she gets murdered and the diary goes missing, Charlie Chan (Warner Oland) and his trusty son Lee (Keye Luke) are on the case. Chan must team up with a smarty-pants reporter and a pretty photojournalist to hunt down the killer in this fun and twist-filled mystery from the beloved detective series. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Sherry Hall
USA
Best movies:
Fury (1936)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
After the Thin Man (1936)
![Harry Strang](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948710_66f16a.gif)
Harry Strang
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
North by Northwest (1959)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Cyril Ring](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/952/159952409_add6da.jpg)
Cyril Ring
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Eddie Dunn
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
'G' Men (1935)
Allen Fox
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
The Seventh Cross (1944)
![Robert Middlemass](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/018/160018297_d8d6c2.jpg)
Robert Middlemass
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
A Day at the Races (1937)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Charles Williams
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Is News (1937)
History Is Made at Night (1937)
![Allan Cavan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/754/160754737_7d07d7.jpg)
Allan Cavan
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
City Streets (1931)
![Toshia Mori](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/081/161081283_7ba9e0.jpg)
Toshia Mori
Japan
Best movies:
Tiger Shark (1932)
The Painted Veil (1934)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)
![George Regas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/896/160896236_c1002a.jpg)
George Regas
Greece
Best movies:
The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Union Pacific (1939)
The Rains Came (1939)
Paddy O'Flynn
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Love Is News (1937)
Jack Doughherty
USA
Best movies:
Double Wedding (1937)
Blue Washington
USA
Best movies:
Beggars of Life (1928)
Gone with the Wind (1939)
King Kong (1933)
Allen Wood
USA
Best movies:
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Storm Warning (1951)
Franklin Parker
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Fury (1936)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Monte Vandergrift
USA
Best movies:
After the Thin Man (1936)
Captains Courageous (1937)
King Kong (1933)
James Blaine
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Boys Town (1938)
Eugene Borden
France
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
All About Eve (1950)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
Harry Burns
USA
Best movies:
You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
Shadow of the Thin Man (1941)
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Philip Morris
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Citizen Kane (1941)