Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) - film review
H. Bruce Humberstone
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller
Summary
Charlie Chan at the Olympics is an American comedy thriller film first released in 1937,
directed by H. Bruce Humberstone.
The film stars Warner Oland, Katherine DeMille, Pauline Moore, Allan Lane and Keye Luke.
Our overall rating for this film is: very good.
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Credits
- Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
- Script: Paul Burger, Earl Derr Biggers, Robert Ellis, Helen Logan
- Photo: Daniel B. Clark
- Music: Samuel Kaylin
- Cast: Warner Oland (Charlie Chan), Katherine DeMille (Yvonne Roland), Pauline Moore (Betty Adams), Allan Lane (Richard Masters), Keye Luke (Lee Chan), C. Henry Gordon (Arthur Hughes), John Eldredge (Mr. Cartwright), Layne Tom Jr. (Charlie Chan Jr), Jonathan Hale (Mr. Hopkins), Morgan Wallace (Honorable Charles Zaraka), Frederick Vogeding (Inspector Strasser), Andrew Tombes (Chief of Homicide E. R. Scott), Arno Frey (Carlos, Zaraka’s Henchman), David Horsley (Test Pilot Edwards), Howard C. Hickman (Police Doctor), John Carradine ((scenes deleted)), Brooks Benedict (Thug), Stanley Blystone (New York Policeman), Walter Bonn (Polizei Officer), Don Brodie (Radio Announcer), Glen Cavender (Polizei Officer), George Chandler (Ship’s Radio Operator), Lon Chaney Jr. (Zaraka henchman), Hans Fuerberg (Polizei Radio-car Officer), Theresa Harris (Black US Team Member On Sidelines Rooting for Jesse Owens), Oscar ’Dutch’ Hendrian (Miller, test plane hijacker), Selmer Jackson (Navy Commander), Hans Joby (Polizei Radio-car Officer), Edward Keane (Army Colonel), Al Kikume (Uniformed officer at microphone), Tommy Klein, Philip Morris (Cop), Virgil B. Nover, Jesse Owens (Himself), Paul Panzer (German Undercover Officer Posing as Snack Vendor), Caroline Rankin (Miller’s Landlady), Fritz Schilgen (Olympic Flame Lighter), Perry E. Seeley, Lee Shumway (Cop), Minerva Urecal (Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron), Dale Van Sickel, Emmett Vogan (Ship’s Officer), Wilhelm von Brincken (Polizei Officer), Billy Wayne (Ship’s Steward Guarding Stateroom)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 71 min; B&W
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