Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
Charlie Chan
Lee Chan
Joan Wendall, Photographer
Murdock, Editor New York Bulletin
Johnny Burke
Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD
Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin
Billie Bronson
Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
Buzz Moran
Thomas Mitchell
Ling Tse
Meeker, Burke's Lawyer
Louie, Headwaiter
Desk Reporter
Club Patron
Our eponymous sleuth and No.1 son "Lee" (Keye Luke) are returning to the United States when a fellow passenger on their liner plants something in his luggage. Safely home, she tries to retrieve it from his hotel but is soon herself the subject of a police murder investigation. What was she trying to smuggle in, and why did someone kill her for it? Oland and Luke are on fine form in this light-hearted, well paced, mystery with loads of red herrings and strong supporting efforts from J Edward Bromberg as newspaper editor "Murdock"; Harold Huber ("Nelson") the policeman leading the hunt as well as the engaging double act of newspaper folks "Patten" (Donald Woods) and snapper "Joan" (Joan Marsh) and gangster-type "Burke" (Douglas Fowley) all keeping guessing for an hour. Nothing to do with musical theatre....
Charlie Chan
Lee Chan
Joan Wendall, Photographer
Murdock, Editor New York Bulletin
Johnny Burke
Chief Inspector James Nelson NYPD
Speed Patten, Reporter New York Bulletin
Billie Bronson
Marie Collins / Mrs. Thomas Mitchell
Buzz Moran
Thomas Mitchell
Ling Tse
Meeker, Burke's Lawyer
Louie, Headwaiter
Desk Reporter
Club Patron
Our eponymous sleuth and No.1 son "Lee" (Keye Luke) are returning to the United States when a fellow passenger on their liner plants something in his luggage. Safely home, she tries to retrieve it from his hotel but is soon herself the subject of a police murder investigation. What was she trying to smuggle in, and why did someone kill her for it? Oland and Luke are on fine form in this light-hearted, well paced, mystery with loads of red herrings and strong supporting efforts from J Edward Bromberg as newspaper editor "Murdock"; Harold Huber ("Nelson") the policeman leading the hunt as well as the engaging double act of newspaper folks "Patten" (Donald Woods) and snapper "Joan" (Joan Marsh) and gangster-type "Burke" (Douglas Fowley) all keeping guessing for an hour. Nothing to do with musical theatre....