16 Fathoms Deep 1948 N/R, 82 min. Genre: Adventure
Director: Irving Allen Cast: Lon Chaney Jr., Lloyd Bridges, Arthur Lake, Eric Feldary, Tanis Chandler, John Qualen, Dickie Moore, Ian MacDonald, Harry Cheshire, John Bleifer, Grant Means, John Gonetos, Allen Mathews
While Lon Chaney Jr. played the good-guy sponge fisherman in the 1934 film ("Sixteen Fathoms Deep"), this time around his character has many flaws. Lloyd Bridges is cast as the heroic diver to counterbalance Chaney's role.
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Shadows Over Chinatown 1946 N/R, 64 min. Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Terry O. Morse Cast: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Victor Sen Yung, Tanis Chandler, John Gallaudet, Bruce Kellogg, Paul Bryar, Al Bridge, Mary Gordon, Dorothy Granger, Mira McKinney, Lyle Latell, George Eldridge, Jack Norton, Tyra Vaughn
San Francisco's Chinatown becomes the center for murders taking place in the midst of an insurance racket. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) arrives on the scene and is asked by Mrs. Conover (Mary Gordon) to find her missing daughter. He is also asked by Jeff Tilford (Bruce Kellogg) to look for his missing fiancee. It turns out that they are the same person: Mary Conover (Tanis Chandler). Charlie brings down the con men who are murdering the victims to collect on their life insurance.
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The Trap 1946 N/R, 60 min. Genre: Mystery
Director: Howard Bretherton Cast: Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Tanis Chandler, Larry J. Blake, Anne Nagel, Kirk Alyn, Rita Quigley, Helen Gerald, Howard Negley, Lois Austin, Barbara Jean Wong, Minerva Urecal, Margaret Brayton, Bettie Best
Famed detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) investigates the murders of show girls at Malibu Beach. The women are staying in a beach house, and, as the number of murders mounts, they suspect each other until Charlie and Jimmy Chan (Victor Sen Yung) step in to solve the mystery. This film represents Toler's last portrayal of Charlie Chan.
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| 1. 16 Fathoms Deep (1948)
2. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
3. The Trap (1946)
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