Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

NR06/16/1939Mystery, Thriller1h 10m
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THE CASE OF THE MURDERED DIVORCEE!

Overview

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Sidney Toler

    Charlie Chan

  2. Cast 1

    Ricardo Cortez

    Dr. Ainsley

  3. Cast 1

    Phyllis Brooks

    Vivian Wells

  4. Cast 1

    Slim Summerville

    Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher

  5. Cast 1

    Kane Richmond

    Curtis Whitman

  6. Cast 1

    Victor Sen Yung

    Jimmy Chan

  7. Cast 1

    Pauline Moore

    Mary Whitman

  8. Cast 1

    Eddie Collins

    Cab Driver

  9. Cast 1

    Kay Linaker

    Mrs. Wayne Russell

I didn't like this one so much. Our sleuth finds himself embroiled - with No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) - in a puzzling case involving his old pal "Mary" (Pauline Moore) who gets herself implicated in the murder of the new girlfriend of her soon-to-be ex-husband. It's pretty clear that there is no lack of suspects as our profound and sagely detective attempts to get to the bottom of things and clear his friend's good name. As with most of his appearances in this guise, Sidney Toler carries off the part with gentle humour, but the story is just too rushed. There are far too many red herri...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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