Charlie Chan in Black Magic 1944  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy
aka: Black Magic
Meeting at Midnight
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Sidney Toler, Frances Chan, Claudia Dell, Mantan Moreland, Jacqueline deWit, Edward Earle, Joseph Crehan, Helen Beverly, Geraldine Wall, Ralph Peters, Frank Jaquet, Harry Depp, Dick Gordon, Charles Jordan
Charlie Chan's (Sidney Toler) daughter Frances Chan (Frances Chan) attends a seance held by bogus fortunetellers William and Justine Bonner (Dick Gordon and Jacqueline deWit). During the seance, William is killed, and Frances becomes a suspect. The butler Birmingham (Mantan Moreland), who used to be Charlie's chauffeur, calls Charlie to investigate. Charlie arrives at the creepy mansion and, with help from Frances, solves the mystery.
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St. Benny the Dip 1951  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Escape If You Can
Director: Edgar G. Ulmer
Cast: Dick Haymes, Nina Foch, Roland Young, Lionel Stander, Freddie Bartholomew, Oscar Karlweis, William A. Lee, Dick Gordon, Jean Casto, Eddie Wells, Dort Clark, James Bender
Three con artists (Dick Haymes, Roland Young, and Lionel Stander) disguise themselves as clergymen, and the ploy works. In fact, it works so well that they are accepted as real clergymen at a skid row mission and end up going straight.
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| 1. Charlie Chan in Black Magic (1944)
aka: Black Magic
aka: Meeting at Midnight
2. St. Benny the Dip (1951)
aka: Escape If You Can
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