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Charlie Chan in Honolulu
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Wikipedia article
'Charlie Chan in Honolulu' is a 1939 American film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. The film is the first appearance of both Toler as Chan and Victor Sen Yung as "number two son" Jimmy.
Plot
The film opens with Detective Chan rushing to the hospital to be with his daughter as she prepares to give birth to his first grandchild. While Charlie Chan waits at the hospital, his "number two" son Jimmy intercepts a message intended for Charlie about a murder on board the freighter 'Susan B. Jennings.'
The freighter is on its way from Shanghai to Honolulu under the leadership of Captain Johnson (Robert Barrat). Jimmy wants to prove his investigative skills to his father and so boards the Jennings pretending to be Charlie Chan, with his younger brother Tommy (Layne Tom Jr.) in tow. The ruse doesn't last long and soon the real Chan arrives on board, interrogating a motley assortment of crooks, heiresses and crew as he works to solve a crime whose only witness is secretary Judy Haynes (Phyllis Brooks).
Cast
* Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
* Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
* Phyllis Brooks as Judy Hayes
* Eddie Collins as Al Hogan
* John 'Dusty' King as Randolph
* Claire Dodd as Mrs. Carol Wayne
* George Zucco as Dr. Cardigan
* Robert Barrat as Captain Johnson
* Marc Lawrence as Johnny McCoy
* Richard Lane as Joe Arnold
* Layne Tom Jr. as Tommy Chan
* Philip Ahn as Wing Foo
* Paul Harvey as Inspector Rawlins
'Rest of the Chan Family'
* Eugene Hoo Chan Son
* Frances Hoo Chan Daughter
* Hippie Hoo Chan Son
* Florence Ung Ling Chan
* Barbara Jean Wong Chan Daughter (uncredited)
References
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