Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Feb 2, 1939

0h 58m

★ 6.0

Overview

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.

Genres

Action

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Torchy Blane

Glenda Farrell

Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride

Barton MacLane

Det. Sgt. Gahagan

Tom Kennedy

Sen. H. Baldwin

Henry O'Neill

Capt. Condon

Patric Knowles

Dr. Mansfield

James Stephenson

Janet Baldwin

Janet Shaw

Police Capt. McTavish

Frank Shannon

Desk Sergeant

George Guhl

Allan Fitzhugh

Anderson Lawler

Richard Staunton

Richard Bond

State Police Captain

Eddy Chandler

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.

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