Charlie Chan in London
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| Directed by | Eugene Forde |
| Produced by | John Stone |
| Written by | Earl Derr Biggers Philip MacDonald |
| Starring | Warner Oland |
| Cinematography | L. William O'Connell |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | 12 September 1934 |
| Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Charlie Chan's Courage (lost) |
| Followed by | Charlie Chan in Paris |
Charlie Chan in London is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde. The film stars Warner Oland as Charlie Chan, with Drue Leyton. This is the sixth film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as the detective, and the second not to be lost after The Black Camel (1931).
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Plot
When a young English man is convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, his sister and her fiance, convinced of his innocence, ask visiting detective Charlie Chan to investigate the crime and find the real murderer. In order to solve the mystery, he must visit a lavish country manor house in England where the suspects vary from the housekeeper to a lawyer. Events soon indicate that the murderer is still actively trying to avoid capture, but Charlie Chan must set a trap to reveal the criminal's identity.
Cast
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Drue Leyton as Pamela Gray
- Ray Milland as Neil Howard (as Raymond Milland)
- Mona Barrie as Lady Mary Bristol
- Douglas Walton as Paul Gray
- Alan Mowbray as Paul Frank, alias Geoffrey Richmond
- George Barraud as Maj. Jardine
- Paul England as Bunny Fothergill
- Madge Bellamy as Becky Fothergill
- Walter Johnson as Jerry Garton
- Murray Kinnell as Captain Seton (alias Phillips, the butler)
- E.E. Clive as Detective Sergeant Thacker
- Elsa Buchanan as Alice Perkins (maid)
- Reginald Sheffield as Flight Commander King
- Perry Ivins as Assistant Home Secretary Kemp
- John Rogers as Lake (chief groom)
- Helena Grant as Miss Judson (Kemp's secretary)
- C. Montague Shaw as Doctor
- Phyllis Coghlan as Nurse
- David Torrence as Home Secretary Sir Lionel Bashford
- Claude King as RAF aerodrome commander
References in popular culture
- The 2001 Capitol Films movie entitled Gosford Park makes many references to this Charlie Chan film (and others), with one of the supporting characters being a fictionalized producer (a Morris Weissman instead of the actual producer, John Stone) responsible for producing the films. The fictionalized producer in the film has come to this shooting party to research for his next film, Charlie Chan In London.
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