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Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.Charlie discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
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Robert Homans
- Capt. Flynn
- (as Robert E. Homans)
Helen Deverell
- Diane Hall
- (as Helen Devereaux)
Kernan Cripps
- Detective
- (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley
- Ralph Brett
- (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
- Nelson
- (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
- Police Radio Expert
- (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
- Herbert Sinclair
- (uncredited)
Reid Kilpatrick
- Wilbur Chester
- (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
- Det. Hodge
- (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
- Horace Karlos
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAt one point at the TV station, Sidney Toler appears to have actually gotten shocked, albeit accidentally, by a cyclometer, ad-libbing " . . . also keep finger out of same" in response.
- GoofsThe first time Tommy and Birmingham go into the weather tunnel, Birmingham accidentally turns on the hot steam, thinking it was a light switch. Instead of turning the switch off, they continue on, go through another door and end up in the blizzard tunnel. Later, when chasing the killer, Tommy and Birmingham go into the steam tunnel (it is turned off) while Charlie goes around to the other tunnel to trap the killer. This blizzard tunnel is on, but Charlie doesn't bother to turn it off, he just continues into the tunnel.
- Quotes
Tommy Chan: Hey, you know, Pop, I've got an idea about this case.
Charlie Chan: Yes? Well?
Tommy Chan: Well, I had an idea, but it's gone now.
Charlie Chan: Possibly could not stand solitary confinement.
- ConnectionsEdited into Who Dunit Theater: The Scarlet Clue (2016)
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Sidney Toler moves to Monogram for this one...
THE SCARLET CLUE is a fairly interesting Charlie Chan film from the '40s, depending on its humor for the performances of BENSON FONG as #3 son, MANTAN MORELAND as Birmingham Brown and BEN CARTER as Ben Carter. The mysterious deaths of people associated with a radio program that is a front for some sort of radar secrets espionage, is at the heart of the crimes Chan must solve.
SIDNEY TOLER was beginning to show signs of fatigue (he died two years later) and the sets and production values are noticeably reduced from what they were when the Chan films were being made by Fox. During the TCM showing of the film, Robert Osborne mentioned that it was Toler himself who brought the idea of furthering the Chan adventures to another studio after shopping the idea around.
VIRGINIA BRISSAC, JACK NORTON, JANET SHAW and HELEN DEVERELL are among the chief suspects. I recognized Miss Brissac from her performance as the hard of hearing Miss Seiffert from THE SNAKE PIT. She has quite a different role here.
Enjoyable fluff, not one of the best in the Chan series but a respectable enough entry from Monogram.
Favorite line: When son #3 tells his dad that he has an idea but then immediately forgets what he wanted to say, Chan replies: "It's now in solitary confinement."
SIDNEY TOLER was beginning to show signs of fatigue (he died two years later) and the sets and production values are noticeably reduced from what they were when the Chan films were being made by Fox. During the TCM showing of the film, Robert Osborne mentioned that it was Toler himself who brought the idea of furthering the Chan adventures to another studio after shopping the idea around.
VIRGINIA BRISSAC, JACK NORTON, JANET SHAW and HELEN DEVERELL are among the chief suspects. I recognized Miss Brissac from her performance as the hard of hearing Miss Seiffert from THE SNAKE PIT. She has quite a different role here.
Enjoyable fluff, not one of the best in the Chan series but a respectable enough entry from Monogram.
Favorite line: When son #3 tells his dad that he has an idea but then immediately forgets what he wanted to say, Chan replies: "It's now in solitary confinement."
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- Jun 10, 2008
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- $75,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 5 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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