Charlie Chan in Rio 1941 N/R, 60 min. Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman Cast: Sidney Toler, Mary Beth Hughes, Victor Jory, Harold Huber, Richard Derr, Victor Sen Yung, Kay Linaker, Truman Bradley, Ann Codee, Eugene Borden, Jacqueline Dalya, Cobina Wright, Ted North, Hamilton MacFadden, Leslie Denison
Following Warner Oland's untimely death in 1937, Sidney Toler took over the role of Charlie Chan, Honolulu investigator. In this film, Chan travels to Rio with Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) to bring a murderess, nightclub singer Lola (Jacqueline Dalya) to Hawaii for trial. After Lola is murdered, Chan must solve her murder.
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Thunder Birds 1942 N/R, 79 min. Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Wellman Cast: Gene Tierney, Preston Foster, John Sutton, Jack Holt, Dame May Whitty, George Barbier, Richard Haydn, Reginald Denny, Iris Adrian, Ted North, C. Montague Shaw, Joyce Compton
Set during World War II, this is the story of a love triangle between Kay Saunders (Gene Tierney), air cadet Steve Britt (Preston Foster), and his trainer Peter Stackhouse (John Sutton).
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The Unsuspected 1947 N/R, 103 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz Cast: Claude Rains, Ted North, Joan Caulfield, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield, Fred Clark, Harry Lewis, Jack Lambert, Ray Walker
A writer (Claude Rains) of mysteries for a radio show uses his knowledge of crime to commit murder and gain the edge in getting his hands on his niece Matilda's (Joan Caulfield) inheritance.
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| 1. Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
2. Thunder Birds (1942)
3. The Unsuspected (1947)
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