Shadows Over Chinatown
1946 film by Terry O. Morse
- June 27, 1946 (1946-06-27)
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Shadows Over Chinatown is a 1946 American mystery film directed by Terry O. Morse and starring Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung and Tanis Chandler. It is the second-to-last film starring Toler as Charlie Chan.
Plot
Late one night, Charlie Chan is shot at a San Francisco bus station. While on a missing-persons case, he investigates a series of slayings terrorizing the city. He is assisted officially by detective Jeff Hay and police captain Allen, and unofficially by his Number Two Son Jimmy and chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Cast
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
- Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown
- Tanis Chandler as Mary Conover, former employee of an escort service
- Mary Gordon as Mrs. Conover, Mary's grandmother
- Bruce Kellogg as Cpl. Joe Thomas, Mary's sweetheart
- Paul Bryar as Mike Rogan, Mary's former boss
- John Gallaudet as Jeff Hay, private investigator
- Alan Bridge as Capt. Allen
- George Eldredge as Chief Lanigan
- Jack Norton as Cosgrove, pickpocket
- Mira McKinney as Kate Johnson
- Dorothy Granger as Joan Mercer, escort-bureau receptionist
- Lou Mercelle as narrator
Production
Sidney Toler had been diagnosed with terminal cancer, but insisted on continuing his commitment to the film series. The studio accommodated him by granting him prolonged breaks for rest, and staging the scenes so as not to tax his strength. The studio conserved Toler's energy and spared him from extended movement; Toler is seated during much of the film. Although Toler remains the central actor, some of the action is diverted to Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and Birmingham (Mantan Moreland). To lengthen the running time of the film, a two-minute prologue was added, detailing the workings of a bureau of missing persons. None of the film's featured players appeared in this sequence.
References
External links
- Shadows Over Chinatown at the TCM Movie Database
- Shadows Over Chinatown at IMDb
- Shadows Over Chinatown at AllMovie
- Shadows Over Chinatown at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Review of film at Variety
- Shadows Over Chinatown film details at The Charlie Chan Family Home
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- The House Without a Key (1925)
- The Chinese Parrot (1926)
- Behind That Curtain (1928)
- The Black Camel (1929)
- Charlie Chan Carries On (1930)
- Keeper of the Keys (1932)
- The House Without a Key (1926)
- The Chinese Parrot (1927)
- Behind That Curtain (1929)
- Charlie Chan Carries On (1931)
- The Black Camel (1931)
- There Were Thirteen (1931)
- Charlie Chan's Chance (1932)
- Charlie Chan's Greatest Case (1933)
- Charlie Chan's Courage (1934)
- Charlie Chan in London (1934)
- Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
- Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
- Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
- Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
- Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
- Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937)
- Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
- Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
- Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
- City in Darkness (1939)
- Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
- Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
- Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
- Murder Over New York (1940)
- Dead Men Tell (1941)
- Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
- Castle in the Desert (1942)
- Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
- The Chinese Cat (1944)
- Black Magic (1944)
- The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
- The Red Dragon (1945)
- The Scarlet Clue (1945)
- The Jade Mask (1945)
- Dangerous Money (1946)
- Dark Alibi (1946)
- Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
- The Trap (1946)
- The Chinese Ring (1947)
- Docks of New Orleans (1948)
- Shanghai Chest (1948)
- The Golden Eye (1948)
- The Feathered Serpent (1948)
- Sky Dragon (1949)
- The Return of Charlie Chan (1973)
- Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen (1981)
- The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (1956-57)
- The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan (1972)
