Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Directed by	Eugene Forde
Written by	Earl Derr Biggers (novel); Robert Ellis (adaptation); Helen Logan (adaptation); Robertson White; Lester Ziffren
Produced by	John Stone
Starring	Sidney Toler; Victor Sen Yung
Cinematography	Virgil Miller
Edited by	Harry Reynolds
Music by	Samuel Kaylin
Production; company	Twentieth Century-Fox
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox
Release date	June 21, 1940;
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise is a 1940 murder mystery film starring Sidney Toler in his fifth of many performances as Charlie Chan. It is based on the Earl Derr Biggers 1930 novel Charlie Chan Carries On.

Plot

The famed detective seeks to unmask a killer on a voyage across the Pacific Ocean.

Cast

Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)
Robert Lowery as Dick Kenyon
Marjorie Weaver as Paula Drake
Lionel Atwill as Dr. Suderman
Don Beddoe as Fredrick Ross
Leo G. Carroll as Prof. Gordon (as Leo Carroll)
Cora Witherspoon as Susie Watson
Leonard Mudie as Gerald Pendleton
Harlan Briggs as Coroner
Charles Middleton as Jeremiah Walters
Claire Du Brey as Sarah Walters
Kay Linaker as Linda Pendleton
James Burke as Wilkie
Richard Keene as Buttons
Layne Tom Jr. as Willie Chan
C. Montague Shaw as Inspector Duff

Production

Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise is the second film adaptation of Earl Derr Biggers' novel Charlie Chan Carries On. The first version, with Chan played by Warner Oland, is now lost. Charlie Chan's role was expanded for Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise.

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