Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944 · Movie · 66 min. · United States
Synopsis of Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
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."
Direction Phil Rosen
Cast Sidney Toler · Joan Woodbury · Mantan Moreland · Benson Fong · Ian Keith · Sam Flint · Cy Kendall · Weldon Heyburn · Anthony Warde · John Davidson · Dewey Robinson · I. Stanford Jolley · Betty Blythe · Jack Norton · Luke Chan
Soundtrack Alexander Laszlo
Screenplay Edward G. O'Callaghan · Earl Derr Biggers
Cinematography Ira H. Morgan
Original title Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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