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I was generally a fan of the "Charlie Chan" movies with Sidney Toler and this is one of the better ones. To San Francisco he and fairly hapless No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) travel to assist their police with a mysterious murder investigation. That's not all, though. There'…
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Shadows Over Chinatown
“Chan follows the trail of a blood-chilling wave of torso slayings!”
62%
Movie
1h 4m
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Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) — a movie tagged as Mystery, Comedy, and Crime with funny and tense moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme. Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, solo focused viewing, and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~64 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Shadows Over Chinatown 62% (13 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Synopsis
In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.
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- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1946-06-27
- Runtime
- 1h 4m
- TMDB rating
- 6.2
- TMDB ID
- 38469
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In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.
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The official runtime for Shadows Over Chinatown is approximately 64 minutes.
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Cast
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Mantan Moreland
Birmingham Brown
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Tanis Chandler
Mary Conover
John Gallaudet
Craig Winfield
Paul Bryar
Mike Rogan
Bruce Kellogg
Jack Tilford
Al Bridge
Captain Allen
Mary Gordon
Mrs. Conover
Dorothy Granger
Joan Mercer
Jack Norton
Cosgrove
George Eldredge
Chief Lannigan
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Tyra Vaughn
Miss Chalmers
Lyle Latell
Police Clerk
Mira McKinney
Kate Johnson
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I was generally a fan of the "Charlie Chan" movies with Sidney Toler and this is one of the better ones. To San Francisco he and fairly hapless No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) travel to assist their police with a mysterious murder investigation. That's not all, though. There's a missing person to be found too. "Mary" (Tanis Chandler) has gone awol and her doting mother (Mary Gordon) and her rather drippy fiancé "Jeff" (Bruce Kellogg) are at their wits end. It doesn't help that our sleuthing genius quickly discovers that this absentee once worked with his original victim. The plot thickens and the pair - assisted ably by the cowardy custard, and only sparingly used, "Birmingham Brown" (Mantan Moreland) - must get to the bottom of things before "Mary" comes a cropper. The plot here is a bit more internecine and sophisticated than with many of these adventures. That said, there is a maybe just a little too much coincidence as the thing progresses but I'm sure "Charlie" would have a profound ancestral adage for there being no such thing as luck! There's the tinies of twists at the end and en route it moves along well for an hour. It's always nice to see the original and best Holmesian "Mrs. Hudson" in a film, too!
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