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{{short description|1944 film by Phil Rosen}}
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| name = The Chinese Cat

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| writer = [[Earl Derr Biggers]] (characters)<br>George Callahan (screenplay)
| writer = [[Earl Derr Biggers]] (characters)<br>George Callahan (screenplay)
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| starring = see below
| starring = [[Sidney Toler]]<br>[[Joan Woodbury]]<br>[[Mantan Moreland]]
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| music = David Chudnow
| cinematography = [[Ira H. Morgan]]
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| editing = John Link
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| runtime = 66 minutes
| country = United States
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==Plot==
==Plot==
Mr. Manning is murdered in his study while the door is locked from the inside. Police close the case after 6 months. A girl contacts Charlie Chan to have a look before he leaves in 48 hours. Twins are involved in a diamond-smuggling ring after the Kohinoor Diamonds are stolen; one twin is killed and the other living twin masquerades as a ghost tricking Birmingham Brown. Mr. Manning had the largest stone stored in the secret compartment of a Chinese cat statue, and doublecrossed his associates. Movie ends in a carnival [[funhouse]] with police arresting the diamond-smuggling ring for three murders. Rival author of ''Manning Murder Solved'' book must now pay $20,000 to Chinese War Relief after a lost bet with Charlie Chan about the murderer's identity.
Charlie Chan investigates the locked-room murder of a chess expert with the aid of bumbling Number Three Son ([[Benson Fong]]) and knuckle-headed taxi driver ([[Mantan Moreland]]).


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Sidney Toler]] as [[Charlie Chan]]
* [[Sidney Toler]] as [[Charlie Chan]]
*[[Mantan Moreland]] as Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver
* [[Mantan Moreland]] as Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver
*[[Benson Fong]] as Tommy Chan, #3 Son
* [[Joan Woodbury]] as Leah Manning
*[[Joan Woodbury]] as Leah Manning
* [[Benson Fong]] as Tommy Chan, #3 Son
*[[Ian Keith]] as Dr. Paul Recknik
* [[Ian Keith]] as Dr. Paul Recknik
*Sam Flint as Thomas P. Manning
* [[Sam Flint]] as Thomas Manning
*[[Cy Kendall]] as George Webster Deacon
* [[Betty Blythe]] as Mrs. Manning
*[[Weldon Heyburn]] as Detective Lt. Harvey Dennis
* [[Cy Kendall]] as Webster Deacon
* [[John Davidson (actor, born 1886)|John Davidson]] as twins Karl Karzos/Kurt Karzos
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*[[Anthony Warde]] as Catlen
* [[Weldon Heyburn]] as Detective Lt. Harvey Dennis
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* [[Anthony Warde]] as Catlen
* [[Jack Norton]] as hotel desk clerk
* [[Luke Chan]] as Wu Sang, curio shop owner
* [[George Chandler]] as hotel doorman (uncredited)
* Daisy Bufford as Carolina, the maid (uncredited)

==Production==
The film was the second Charlie Chan movie from Monogram. It was originally called ''Charlie Chan and the Perfect Crime'' and filming started on 4 January 1944.<ref>Of Local Origin
New York Times 10 Dec 1943: 31.</ref>

This is the film where Birmingham Brown is permanently hired as Charlie Chan's chauffeur. He is looking for a new job after the guilty criminals blow up his taxicab with a bomb.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of American films of 1944]]
* [[List of American films of 1944]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [https://charliechan.org/the-films-the-chinese-cat/ ''The Chinese Cat'' film details] at [https://charliechan.org// The Charlie Chan Family Home]
*[http://charliechanfamily.tripod.com/id49.html Charlie Chan Family]
*{{IMDb title|0036709}}
* {{IMDb title|0036709}}
*{{tcmdb title|16141}}
* {{TCMDb title|16141}}
*{{Amg movie|79428}}
* {{AllMovie title|79428}}
* {{AFI film|2465}}


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Latest revision as of 04:29, 29 November 2024

The Chinese Cat
Directed byPhil Rosen
Written byEarl Derr Biggers (characters)
George Callahan (screenplay)
Produced byPhillip N. Krasne
James S. Burkett
StarringSidney Toler
Joan Woodbury
Mantan Moreland
CinematographyIra H. Morgan
Edited byJohn Link
Music byDavid Chudnow
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • May 20, 1944 (1944-05-20)
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Chinese Cat (also titled Murder in the Funhouse) is a 1944 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.

Plot

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Mr. Manning is murdered in his study while the door is locked from the inside. Police close the case after 6 months. A girl contacts Charlie Chan to have a look before he leaves in 48 hours. Twins are involved in a diamond-smuggling ring after the Kohinoor Diamonds are stolen; one twin is killed and the other living twin masquerades as a ghost tricking Birmingham Brown. Mr. Manning had the largest stone stored in the secret compartment of a Chinese cat statue, and doublecrossed his associates. Movie ends in a carnival funhouse with police arresting the diamond-smuggling ring for three murders. Rival author of Manning Murder Solved book must now pay $20,000 to Chinese War Relief after a lost bet with Charlie Chan about the murderer's identity.

Cast

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Production

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The film was the second Charlie Chan movie from Monogram. It was originally called Charlie Chan and the Perfect Crime and filming started on 4 January 1944.[1]

This is the film where Birmingham Brown is permanently hired as Charlie Chan's chauffeur. He is looking for a new job after the guilty criminals blow up his taxicab with a bomb.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Of Local Origin New York Times 10 Dec 1943: 31.
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