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Charlie Chan in Reno

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'Charlie Chan in Reno' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by Norman Foster, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan, based on an original story "Death Makes a Decree" by Philip Wylie.

Plot



Mary Whitman has arrived in 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 Chan travels from his home in Honolulu to Reno to solve the murder at the request of Mary's soon-to-be ex-husband.

Cast



* Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan

* Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan ("Number 2 son")

* Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Ainsley

* Phyllis Brooks as Vivian Wells

* Slim Summerville as Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher

* Kane Richmond as Curtis Whitman

* Pauline Moore as Mary Whitman (Mrs. Curtis Whitman)

* Iris Wong as Choy Wong

* Eddie Collins as Cab Driver

* Robert Lowery as Walter Burke

* Charles D. Brown as Chief of Police King

* Louise Henry as Jeanne Bently

* Morgan Conway as George Bently


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