Behind That Curtain

Jun 30, 1929

1h 31m

★ 3.9

A Love Mystery Drama of Scotland Yard

Overview

Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered and the couple, married, run off to India. Old friend John Beetham sympathizes with the bride who sees that her hubby is a liar and drunk.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Col. John Beetham

Warner Baxter

Eve Mannering Durand

Lois Moran

Police Insp. Charlie Chan

E.L. Park

Beetham's Manservent

Boris Karloff

Sir Frederick Bruce

Gilbert Emery

Sir George Mannering

Claude King

Eric Durand

Philip Strange

Sahib Hana

Jamiel Hasson

British Police Inspector

Peter Gawthrone

Alf Pornick

John Rogers

Nuna

Mercedes De Valasco

Galt

Edgar Norton

Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...

6.0

The Black Camel

Jun 21, 1931

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.

7.0

Charlie Chan on Broadway

Sep 22, 1937

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.

6.5

Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo

Dec 17, 1937

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.

6.7

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

May 2, 1940

On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.

7.7

Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

Sep 6, 1940

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.

6.8

Charlie Chan in Panama

Mar 1, 1940

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

6.1

Murder Over New York

Dec 13, 1940

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.

6.3

Dead Men Tell

Mar 28, 1941

When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.

6.2

Charlie Chan in Rio

Sep 5, 1941

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.

5.9

Charlie Chan in the Secret Service

Feb 14, 1944

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

May 20, 1944

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

Aug 19, 1944

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

5.8

The Shanghai Cobra

Sep 29, 1945

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

6.5

The Red Dragon

Aug 1, 1945

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

Jan 26, 1945

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.

5.8

Shadows Over Chinatown

Jun 27, 1946

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

Oct 12, 1946

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.