Charlie Chan on Broadway

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Charlie Chan On Broadway
Directed by	Eugene Forde
Screenplay by	Charles Belden, Jerome Cady
Story by	Art Arthur, Robert Ellis, Helen Logan
Produced by	John Stone
Starring	Warner Oland
Cinematography	Harry Jackson
Music by	Samuel Kaylin
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	October 8, 1937 (1937-10-08)
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) is a Charlie Chan film. This is the 15th film starring Oland as Chan and produced by Fox.

Plot[]

While Charlie Chan and his number one son, Lee, are aboard a New York-bound transatlantic liner returning from Germany in their previous adventure (Charlie Chan at the Olympics), they have a run-in with a mysterious woman, named Billie Bronson, who secretes a package in the trunk of the Chans. After the liner docks, Chan and Lee are met at the pier by Inspector Nelson and two rival reporters, Joan Wendall and Speed Patton. Bille, having left the country hurriedly a year ago when sought as a material witness in a political scandal, has returned to "blow the lid off the town." She follows the Chans to their hotel and attempts to regain her package from the trunk, only to be interrupted by Lee. She then goes to the "Hottentot Club", where "candid-camera night" is in full progress, followed by Lee. Already present are Joan and Speed. Billie is mysteriously murdered and Charlie is summoned from a police banquet in his honor. Present in the room with the body are club manager Johnny Burke; club dancer and Burke's girl-friend Marie Collins and the two reporters. While seeking a motive for the murder, a second killing is discovered in Charlie's hotel room, the package is missing from Charlie's trunk and it is realized that it must have contained her diary. Charlie neatly puts together a few scattered clues and then springs a trap to confirm the identity of the killer.

Cast[]

• Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
• Keye Luke as Lee Chan
• Joan Marsh as Joan Wendall
• J. Edward Bromberg as Murdock
• Douglas Fowley as Johnny Burke
• Harold Huber as Chief Inspector James Nelson
• Donald Woods as Speed Patten
• Louise Henry as Billie Bronson
• Joan Woodbury as Marie Collins
• Leon Ames as Buzz Moran
• Eugene Borden as Louie
• Creighton Hale as Reporter (uncredited)

External links[]

• Charlie Chan on Broadway at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Charlie Chan on Broadway at IMDb
• Charlie Chan on Broadway at Rotten Tomatoes

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