Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise May 2, 1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise May 2,
1940
Charlie Chan hustles a whole passel of suspects aboard their cruise ship, knowing one of them is a murderer. He risks his life by staying aboard himself. At least that's what suspect
Leo G. Carroll tells him—to which
Chan replies, "
Life has been risked for jewels far less valuable than friendship."
An old friend has been murdered right in
Lieutenant Chan's office, and Chan takes it as a personal challenge. The clues all
point to some member of a round-the-world cruise as the murderer
...but which one?
A great assortment of the usual suspects keeps this Chan mystery moving along nicely.
Besides archaeologist
Leo Carroll, there's
Cora Witherspoon, a dizzy rich lady;
Marjorie Reynolds, her secretary;
Robert Lowery, handsome and suddenly wealthy nephew of a second murder victim; and
Charles Middleton and
Claire Du Brey as a weird couple who do séances.
Cruise leader
Lionel Atwill wants the whole story kept out of the papers—and how suspicious a character is he?
Mr. Chan is assisted in his investigation by number two son
Jimmy Chan, played with energy and style by
Sen Yung, who gets a couple of laughs but plays it mostly straight.
Sidney Toler is excellent as Mr. Chan; very much at the center of the action, his confidence and timing are superb. The suspects snap at Mr. Chan, bite at each other, make their noise...and Chan just keeps that little smile on his face, polite, slightly mocking, letting them have their say, waiting for someone to make a mistaken
An exciting and clever climax tops this one off and clinches it as a top notch series entry.
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