Shadows Over Chinatown

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 third-to-last film starring Toler as Charlie Chan.

Shadows Over Chinatown
Directed byTerry O. Morse
Written byRaymond L. Schrock
Based onCharacters created
by Earl Derr Biggers
Produced byJames S. Burkett
StarringSidney Toler
Victor Sen Yung
Tanis Chandler
CinematographyWilliam A. Sickner
Edited byRalph Dixon
Music byEdward J. Kay
Production
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Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • June 27, 1946 (1946-06-27)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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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

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Production

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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.

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