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Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists.Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists.Charlie searches for a murderer amidst numerous ghosts conjured up by a strange variety of spiritualists and occultists.
Dick Gordon
- William Bonner
- (as Richard Gordon)
Darby Jones
- Johnson
- (uncredited)
George Morrell
- Man at Elevator
- (uncredited)
Crane Whitley
- Bonner
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaThe title card on the DVD, which comes from the original negative, bears the original title, "Black Magic", but revisionists have superimposed "original title: 'Meeting at Midnight'" across the bottom of the screen. They've got it backwards. "Meeting at Midnight" was the new title attached to the film, about five years after its original release, in order to avoid confusion with Orson Welles' "Black Magic (1949)."
- GoofsWhen Charlie first declares himself psychic to Sgt. Matthews, we can see the pole held by a stagehand that makes a white handkerchief flutter over Charlie's head.
- Quotes
Police Sgt. Matthews: Charlie, about that bullet?
Charlie Chan: You can keep secret?
Police Sgt. Matthews: Of course!
Charlie Chan: So can I.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: Charlie Chan Black Magic (2021)
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No Sons, Daughter
In a break from the typical Chan pattern Charlie is aide by his daughter this time. Interestingly he treats much better than he he ever did any of his boys.
This concerns a murder at a seance and more following. Its far from the best of the Chans, but at the same time its far from the worst, especially in light of there not being a son to get into mischief. Its the atypical nature that lifts it up from being a purely run of the mill story. Granted if you've not seen a good number of the Chan films the small differences may not seem like much, but for those of us who've seen every appearance its the little things that count.
7 out of 10 for those looking for a break in the Chan formula, 6 out of 10 for everyone else.
This concerns a murder at a seance and more following. Its far from the best of the Chans, but at the same time its far from the worst, especially in light of there not being a son to get into mischief. Its the atypical nature that lifts it up from being a purely run of the mill story. Granted if you've not seen a good number of the Chan films the small differences may not seem like much, but for those of us who've seen every appearance its the little things that count.
7 out of 10 for those looking for a break in the Chan formula, 6 out of 10 for everyone else.
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- dbborroughs
- Jul 25, 2004
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Meeting at Midnight
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- Budget
- $75,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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