Charlie Chan in Rio

Sep 5, 1941

1h 0m

★ 6.2

it's Chan's most Spine-tingling mystery!

Overview

In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

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Cast

Lt. Charlie Chan

Sidney Toler

Jimmy Chan

Victor Sen Yung

Senior Souto, police chief

Harold Huber

Joan Reynolds

Mary Beth Hughes

Grace Ellis

Cobina Wright

Alfredo Cardozo, alias Marana

Victor Jory

Helen Ashby

Kay Linaker

Bill Kellogg

Hamilton MacFadden

Ken Reynolds

Richard Derr

Clark V. Denton

Ted North

Paul Wagner

Truman Bradley

Lili Wong

Iris Wong

Mary Giordano is a bright, intelligent student who goes to a catholic school. She also has an addiction to mystery novels and detective magazines, which inspire her to do her own detective work. When she starts snooping around on the case of a murderer of teenage girls, it gets her in hot water with her mentor Detective Jerry Gunn. But it also starts a team up with police cadet Tony Campbell. The two work together to find the murderer. But the closer Mary gets to solving the murder, the more danger she puts herself in of being the next victim.

5.9

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Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding Chan is his overeager but dull-witted son Tommy and his daughter Iris.

6.4

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

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To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.

7.0

Black Magic

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Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

5.8

The Shanghai Cobra

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Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.

6.6

The Red Dragon

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Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.

5.9

The Scarlet Clue

May 11, 1945

Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.

6.1

The Jade Mask

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The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.

6.0

Shadows Over Chinatown

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In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.

5.7

Dangerous Money

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A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his life.

6.1

Dark Alibi

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After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.

6.7

The Trap

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When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.

5.9

Unconditional Love

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After her husband leaves her, a woman travels to London for the funeral of the pop star, Victor Fox, she's adored all her life. There, she meets the lover of the dead pop star, and convinces him to come back to Chicago with her to figure out who killed the singer.

7.3

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Travelling on the 4.50 from Paddington, Mrs McGillicuddy witnesses a murder on a passing train - but where is the body?

6.1

The Black Camel

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Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.

6.2

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

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Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.

6.9

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7.7

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

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6.8

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