32. Charlie Chan In The Chinese Cat 1944

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036709/

People: Benson Fong, Ian Keith, Mantan Moreland, Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury

Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert.

Thomas P. Manning, businessman and chess expert mysteriously shot in a locked room, dies clutching some chess pieces. Police are baffled, and finally abandon the case. Six months later, victim's daughter Leah Manning, stung by a scurrilous book about the case, enlists the aid of Charlie Chan and Number 3 Son. Additional murders follow, leading to a climactic confrontation in a seemingly deserted "Fun House."

Taglines: "MUST CONFESS. HONORABLE SON...This Is My Most Baffling Case!"
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Music, Mystery, Romance

Trivia: This is actually the 34th Charlie Chan film. Two were filmed in Spanish, and apparently not often counted in the English run of Charlie Chan films. They are: "Eran Trece or There were Thirteen" (1931) and "La Serpiente Roja or The Red Snake" (1937). The latter was filmed in Cuba.

Goofs: The character played by Cy Kendall is identified as Webster Deacon in dialogue, but George Deacon in a newspaper insert.

Quotes:
Tommy Chan: Pop, I've got a case that will knock your hat off!
Charlie Chan: Can remove hat without assistance, thank you.

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