Docks of New Orleans

Mar 21, 1948

1h 4m

★ 6.1

Overview

Detective Charlie Chan springs into action when top officials of a New Orleans chemical company begin dropping like flies.

Genres

Thriller

Comedy

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Docks of New Orleans Trailers

Cast

Charlie Chan

Roland Winters

Rene Blanchette

Virginia Dale

Birmingham Brown

Mantan Moreland

Pete McNalley

John Gallaudet

Tommy Chan

Victor Sen Yung

Nita Aguirre

Carol Forman

Grock

Douglas Fowley

Oscar Swenstrom

Harry Hayden

Henri Castanaro

Emmett Vogan

Andre Pereaux

Howard Negley

Theodore Von Scherbe

Stanley Andrews

Simon LaFontanne

Boyd Irwin

Having witnessed his parents' brutal murder as a child, millionaire philanthropist Bruce Wayne fights crime in Gotham City disguised as Batman, a costumed hero who strikes fear into the hearts of villains. But when a deformed madman known as 'The Joker' seizes control of Gotham's criminal underworld, Batman must face his most ruthless nemesis ever while protecting both his identity and his love interest, reporter Vicki Vale.

7.1

Castle in the Desert

Feb 2, 1942

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...

6.8

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

May 21, 1937

Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!

6.8

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Dec 4, 1936

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

7.2

Murder by Death

Jun 23, 1976

Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

7.3

Charlie Chan's Chance

Jan 24, 1932

Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.

8.7

Charlie Chan's Courage

Jul 6, 1934

Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.

5.7

Doomed to Die

Aug 12, 1940

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the very moment of kicking out his daughter's fiance Dick Fleming. Of course, Captain Street arrests Dick, but reporter Bobbie Logan, the attractive thorn in Street's side, is so convinced he's wrong that she enlists the help of detective James Lee Wong to find the real killer.

7.0

Charlie Chan Carries On

Apr 11, 1931

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.

4.2

Behind That Curtain

Jun 30, 1929

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.

5.6

The Golden Eye

Aug 29, 1948

A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now profitable business, insists to Charlie that something is fishy and that someone is out to murder him. Charlie and his "crew" travel to the mine, pretending to be tourists staying at a nearby dude ranch so as not to arouse suspicion, and discover that the owner may well be right--it looks like the mine is being used as a cover for criminal activities, and that someone is indeed out to murder him.

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.

6.2

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.

6.1

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.

6.5

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.

7.1

Black Magic

Aug 19, 1944

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

6.0

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.

6.6

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.

6.8

The Trap

Nov 30, 1946

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.

7.0

Charlie Chan's Secret

Jan 10, 1936

Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.