Across the Pacific 1942  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton, Victor Sen Yung, Frank Wilcox, Monte Blue, Philip Ahn, Frank Faylen, Keye Luke
Set in the pre-World War II era, this film has it all: a double agent (Humphrey Bogart), a Japanese spy (Sydney Greenstreet), and a beautiful woman (Mary Astor). The three meet on a Japanese ship.
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Castle in the Desert 1942 N/R, 51 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Arleen Whelan, Richard Derr, Douglass Dumbrille, Victor Sen Yung, Henry Daniell, Edmund MacDonald, Steven Geray, Lucien Littlefield, George Chandler, Lenita Lane, Ethel Griffies, Milton Parsons, Eric Wilton, Oliver Blake
While visiting a remote castle owned by Paul Manderley (Douglass Dumbrille) and his wife Lucy (Lenita Lane) in the Mojave desert, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) finds himself involved in a murder case after weekend guest Professor Gleason (Lucien Littlefield) is poisoned. As Chan and number two son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) try to solve the case, they cannot eliminate any of the residents–including Manderley and his wife whose ancestors were known for poisoning their enemies. Dungeons and secret passages lie in wait as Chan and Jimmy unravel the case. One of the best in the series.
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 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum 1940  N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Lynn Shores
Cast: Sidney Toler, C. Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence, Marguerite Chapman, Victor Sen Yung, Joan Valerie, Michael Visaroff, Charles Trowbridge, Eddie Marr, Joe King, Ted Osborne, Hilda Vaughn, Charles Wagenheim, Archie Twitchell, Harold Goodwin
Steve McBirney (Marc Lawrence) has escaped from the New York City courthouse after being convicted of murder. McBirney wants revenge against Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) who was the chief witness against him at the trial. The museum is run by plastic surgeon Dr. Cream (C. Henry Gordon) who performs facial surgeries on fugitives so that they look like the wax dummies, including Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. Chan is lured to the museum with his son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung), and McBirney awaits–ready to strike.
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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island 1939 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Pauline Moore, Cesar Romero, Victor Sen Yung, Douglas Fowley, June Gale, Douglass Dumbrille, Donald MacBride, Sally Blane, Louis Jean Heydt, Wally Vernon, Charles Halton, Billie Seward, Trevor Bardette, Gerald Mohr
While traveling on the clipper from Honolulu to San Francisco, Paul Essex (Louis Jean Heydt) dies, and the police rule the death a suicide. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) investigates his friend's death, and the clues lead to a San Francisco Fair at Treasure Island and a spiritualist, Dr. Zodiac (Gerald Mohr). Charlie and son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) get help on the case from an illusionist, Rhadini (Cesar Romero), who wants to expose Dr. Zodiac as a phony who threatens his clients with blackmail. The investigation reaches a high point when a mystic, Eve (Pauline Moore), plans to use her psychic powers to name the killer.
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Charlie Chan in Honolulu 1938 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy / Mystery / Thriller
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Sidney Toler, Phyllis Brooks, Victor Sen Yung, Eddie Collins, Robert Barrat, Philip Ahn, Paul Harvey, Marc Lawrence, George Zucco, Claire Dodd, John "Dusty" King, Richard Lane, Layne Tom Jr., Al Kikume, Arthur Loft
Sidney Toler debuted as the replacement for the deceased Warner Oland in the title role of Charlie Chan in this film about murder aboard a ship docked in the port of Honolulu. Charlie's Number Two Son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) wants to be a detective and intercepts his father's telephone call to investigate the shipboard murder. Jimmy arrives aboard the ship, introduces himself as Charlie Chan, and begins the investigation. Charlie arrives later, straightens out who is really "Charlie Chan," and orders all to stay aboard. Meanwhile, the ship's Captain Johnson (Robert Barrat) wants to take the ship out of the harbor, and the pressure is on Charlie to find clues to the murder, which just might point to Captain Johnson.
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Charlie Chan in Panama 1940 N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Adventure / Drama / Comedy
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Jean Rogers, Kane Richmond, Lionel Atwill, Mary Nash, Victor Sen Yung, Chris-Pin Martin, Jack La Rue, Frank Puglia, Eddie Acuff, Lionel Royce, Helen Ericson, Edwin Stanley, Donald Douglas, Addison Richards
During World War II, a plot is in-the-making to blow up the Panama Canal, and the United States government hires Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) to solve the case. Helping Charlie is his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung), and after they land in Panama City they are confronted by the problem of a number of people who could be an elusive Axis spy known as Rymer who is behind the plot to destroy the canal. Will Charlie and Jimmy be able to identify Rymer, solve the case, and save the canal?
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Charlie Chan in Reno 1939 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Sidney Toler, Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Slim Summerville, Kane Richmond, Victor Sen Yung, Pauline Moore, Robert Lowery, Eddie Collins, Kay Linaker, Louise Henry, Charles D. Brown, Hamilton MacFadden, Iris Wong, Morgan Conway
Mary Whitman (Pauline Moore) goes to Reno seeking to divorce her husband Curtis (Kane Richmond) and checks into a hotel where Jeanne Bentley (Louise Henry), who is also divorcing her husband, is found murdered. Police suspect Mary, and she calls on the services of Honolulu detective Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler). Chan shows up with Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and, while investigating the murder, engages in a battle of wits with local sheriff Tombstone Fletcher (Slim Summerville) who questions Chan's investigating abilities.
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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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 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise 1940 N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Eugene Forde
Cast: Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Victor Sen Yung, Lionel Atwill, Leo G. Carroll, Robert Lowery, Don Beddoe, Cora Witherspoon, Kay Linaker, Charles Middleton, Leonard Mudie, Harlan Briggs, Claire De Brey, James Burke, Richard Keene
A Scotland Yard detective is murdered, and Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) goes aboard a cruise ship sailing from Honolulu to San Francisco to solve the crime when it appears that the killer is one of the ship's passengers. With help from his Number 2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) and the widow (Kay Linaker) of the murdered Scotland Yard detective, Charlie investigates suspicious passengers who include Dr. Sudermann (Lionel Atwill), Prof. Gordon (Leo G. Carroll), and Mr. Walters (Charles Middleton). This is a remake of the lost Charlie Chan movie of 1931, "Charlie Chan Carries On."
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The Chinese Ring 1947  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Warren Douglas, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Philip Ahn, Louise Currie, Byron Foulger, Thayer Roberts, Barbara Jean Wong, Paul Bryer, Chabing, George Spaulding, Thornton Edwards, Lee Tung Foo, Jack Mower
Chinese Princess Mei Ling (Barbara Jean Wong) visits Charlie Chan's (Roland Winters) home and gives Chan's chauffer Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland) a ring to show to Chan. While waiting for Chan, Mei Ling is killed in Chan's living room but manages to write the name "Captain K" on a piece of paper. Police Sergeant Bill Davidson (Warren Douglas) helps Chan investigate, and they are aided by reporter Peggy Cartwright (Louise Currie) and Chan's son Tommy (Victor Sen Yung). They learn that Mei Ling had $1,000,000 in her possession, and the money is missing. Will they be able to solve the case? This is a remake of "Mr. Wong in Chinatown," which starred Boris Karloff in the role of Mr. Wong.
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Confessions of an Opium Eater 1962  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Souls for Sale
Director: Albert Zugsmith
Cast: Vincent Price, Linda Ho, Richard Loo, June Kyoto Lu, Philip Ahn, Victor Sen Yung, Yvonne Moray, Caroline Kido, Terrence De Marney, Miel Saan
Slave girls in San Francisco get aid from their tribulations via an unlikely source.
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Dead Men Tell 1941 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Robert Weldon, Sheila Ryan, Victor Sen Yung, George Reeves, Donald Douglas, Kay Aldridge, Ethel Griffies, Truman Bradley, Paul McGrath, Lenita Lane, Milton Parsons, Pat Flaherty, Lee Phelps, Tim Ryan
Elderly, eccentric Miss Nodbury (Ethel Griffies) suffers a heart attack and dies while preparing to set out on a hunt for the $60 million family fortune that was inherited from her ancestor, pirate Black Hook. Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) and #2 son Jimmy (Victor Sen Yung) investigate and learn that Miss Nodbury was frightened to death by a "ghost" that she believed was Black Hook. In fact, the killer was dressed up as Black Hook, and now Charlie must identify the culprit.
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The Feathered Serpent 1948 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Victor Sen Yung, Keye Luke, Mantan Moreland, Robert Livingston, Nils Asther, Carol Forman, Martin Garralaga, Jay Silverheels
This is one of the last in a long series of Charlie Chan films. In this story, the mystery of a stolen Mexican statue is solved by the Chans.
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Flower Drum Song 1961 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Henry Koster
Cast: Nancy Kwan, James Shigeta, Miyoshi Umeki, Juanita Hall, Benson Fong, Jack Soo, James Hong, Victor Sen Yung, Kam Tong, Reiko Sato, Patrick Adiarte, Soo Yong, Ching Wah Lee, Irene Tsu, George Chakiris
This screen version of the Rogers and Hammerstein Broadway musical provides an entertaining look at San Francisco's Chinatown. Mail-order-bride Mei Li (Miyoshi Umeki) arrives in Chinatown prepared for her arranged marriage to nightclub owner Sammy Fong (Jack Soo). But, Sammy is not interested in the arranged marriage and is in love with Linda Low (Nancy Kwan) who happens to be romantically involved with Wang Ta (James Shigeta). Through comedy and music, lovers are sorted out, and, by story's end, Mei Li and Wang Ta have found romance. Songs include "I Enjoy Being a Girl," "Love Look Away," and "You Are Beautiful."
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Forbidden 1953 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Rudolph Mate
Cast: Tony Curtis, Joanne Dru, Lyle Bettger, Marvin Miller, Victor Sen Yung, Peter Mamakos, Harry Lauter, Alan Dexter, David Sharpe, Mamie Van Doren
A hired gunman (Tony Curtis) searches for a crime boss's wife (Joanne Dru) and discovers that she is his old girlfriend.
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The Golden Eye 1948 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
aka: The Mystery of the Golden Eye
Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Victor Sen Yung, Mantan Moreland, Tim Ryan, Bruce Kellogg, Wanda McKay, Evelyn Brent, Ralph Dunn, Lois Austin, Forrest Taylor, Lee "Lasses" White, Edmund Cobb, John Merton, George Spaulding, Lee Tung Foo
Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) visits an Arizona dude ranch where a defunct gold mine, mysteriously, has become active and, once again, is producing gold. The mine owner, Mr. Manning (Forrest Taylor) has called on Chan to help him when he learns that he is the intended victim of a murderer. Chan, his son Tommy (Victor Sen Yung), and chauffeur Birmingham (Mantan Moreland) pose as tourists, and the investigation begins. Clues lead to mine operator Driscoll (Ralph Dunn) who is smuggling gold from Mexico and passing it off as coming from the mine. But solving this case will prove difficult–and dangerous.
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The Groom Wore Spurs 1951 N/R, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Whorf
Cast: Ginger Rogers, Jack Carson, Joan Davis, Stanley Ridges, James Brown, John Litel, Victor Sen Yung, Mira McKinney, Gordon Nelson, George Meader, Kemp Niver, Robert Williams
Cowboy movie star Ben Castle (Jack Carson) is a creampuff in real life who likes the ladies and gambling. After getting in trouble with the law, he calls on lawyer Abigail (Ginger Rogers) for help. Her "help" involves love, marriage, and a crusade to make Ben into the man reflected in his movies.
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The Hunters 1958 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Dick Powell
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Richard Egan, Robert Wagner, May Britt, Lee Philips, John Gabriel, Stacy Harris, Victor Sen Yung, John Doucette, Ralph Manza, Jay Jostyn, Vinnie De Carlo, Robert Reed, Nina Shipman, Larry Thor
A Korean War jet pilot falls in love with the wife of a cohort who crashed behind enemy lines. Now, his mission is to rescue the downed pilot.
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Kung Fu 1972 TV, 75 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Jerry Thorpe
Cast: David Carradine, Keye Luke, Philip Ahn, Keith Carradine, Barry Sullivan, Wayne Maunder, Albert Salmi, Benson Fong, Richard Loo, Victor Sen Yung
This is the pilot for the popular TV show about a Buddhist monk who tried wisdom, but often resorted to kung fu.
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The Left Hand of God 1955  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Gene Tierney, Lee J. Cobb, Agnes Moorehead, E.G. Marshall, Benson Fong, Jean Porter, Carl Benton Reid, Victor Sen Yung, Philip Ahn
Jim Carmody (Humphrey Bogart) pretends to be a priest in China after World War II in order to evade the Chinese warlord, Mieh Yang (Lee J. Cobb). 1 User Review
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 The Letter 1940  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Mystery / Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, David Newell, Gale Sondergaard, Victor Sen Yung, Bruce Lester, Cecil Kellaway, Doris Lloyd, Elizabeth Inglis, Willie Fung, Tetsu Komai, Leonard Mudie, John Ridgely
Somerset Maugham's play is brought to the screen in this film about circumstances following Leslie Crosbie's (Bette Davis) supposed self-defense murder of her lover, Geoffrey (David Newell). Geoffrey's widow (Gale Sondergaard) appears on the scene and says she has a letter from Leslie inviting Geoffrey to visit and that he was Leslie's lover. Leslie pays the $10,000 in blackmail money that is being demanded for the letter. The trial convenes, and her lawyer's (James Stephenson) defense proves Leslie innocent. Now, her husband Robert (Herbert Marshall) discovers that $10,000 is missing from his bank account, Leslie confesses, and Robert forgives her. But, everyone has not forgiven her, and a surprise visitor is lurking in Leslie's garden. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actress (Davis), Supporting Actor (Stephenson), and Director. Remade in 1947 as "The Unfaithful" and in 1982 as "The Letter" for TV.
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Murder Over New York 1940 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Harry Lachman
Cast: Sidney Toler, Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery, Ricardo Cortez, Victor Sen Yung, Donald MacBride, Melville Cooper, Kane Richmond, Joan Valerie, Clarence Muse
During a police convention in New York City, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) is called on to investigate espionage and possible sabotage at an airplane plant.
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Peking Express 1951 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Corinne Calvet, Edmund Gwenn, Marvin Miller, Benson Fong, Soo Yong, Gregory Gaye, Victor Sen Yung, Peter Chong, Harold Fong
Onboard a train traveling through Red China, Dr. Michael Bachlin (Joseph Cotten) becomes romantically involved with an intriguing, if shady, lady (Corinne Calvet).
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The Red Pony 1973 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Totten
Cast: Henry Fonda, Ben Johnson, Maureen O'Hara, Lieux Dressler, Jack Elam, Clint Howard, Richard Jaeckel, Rance Howard, Julian Rivero, Victor Sen Yung
Pretty good TV remake of the John Steinbeck story about the stern father (Henry Fonda) and his son (Clint Howard) in the early 1900s. A pony for the boy is a way to demonstrate the father's love, which is hard for him to express in words.
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Shadows Over Chinatown 1946 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Mystery
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
San Francisco's Chinatown becomes the center for an insurance racket, but Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) brings down the con men.
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Shanghai Chest 1948 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Roland Winters, Deannie Best, Mantan Moreland, John Alvin, Tim Ryan, Victor Sen Yung, Tristram Coffin, Russell Hicks, Pierre Watkin, Philip Van Zandt
Fingerprints of the murderer lead to a dead man, but Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) sleuths out the real killer.
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State Department File 649 1949 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Newfield
Cast: William Lundigan, Virginia Bruce, Jonathan Hale, Frank Ferguson, Richard Loo, Philip Ahn, Raymond Bond, Milton Kibbee, Harlan Warde, Victor Sen Yung, Nana Bryant, H.T. Tsiang
U.S. Foreign Service officer Kenneth R. Seeley (William Lundigan) is among several American citizens who face execution by a Chinese warlord and his gang of Mongolian rebels.
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Woman on the Run 1950 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Norman Foster
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith, Frank Jenks, Ross Elliott, John Qualen, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joan Shawlee, Steven Geray, Victor Sen Yung, Tom Dillon, Reiko Sato
Frank (Ross Elliott) witnesses a gang killing and goes into hiding leaving wife Eleanor (Ann Sheridan) home alone. In an attempt to find Frank, Eleanor contacts newspaperman Danny Leggett (Dennis O'Keefe). But, Danny might not be the best person for Eleanor to call; in fact, he is a hit man hired to kill Frank.
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| 1. Across the Pacific (1942)
2. Castle in the Desert (1942)
3. Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
4. Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
5. Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)
6. Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
7. Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
8. Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
9. Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
10. China (1943)
11. The Chinese Ring (1947)
12. Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
aka: Souls for Sale
13. Dangerous Money (1946)
14. Dead Men Tell (1941)
15. Docks of New Orleans (1948)
16. The Feathered Serpent (1948)
17. Flower Drum Song (1961)
18. Forbidden (1953)
19. The Golden Eye (1948)
aka: The Mystery of the Golden Eye
aka: Charlie Chan and the Golden Eye
20. The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
21. The Hunters (1958)
22. Kung Fu (1972)
23. The Left Hand of God (1955)
24. The Letter (1940)
25. Murder Over New York (1940)
26. Peking Express (1951)
27. The Red Pony (1973)
28. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)
29. Shanghai Chest (1948)
30. State Department File 649 (1949)
31. The Trap (1946)
32. Woman on the Run (1950)
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