The Jade Mask

The Jade Mask is a 1945 film featuring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan and the only appearance of Number Four Son, Eddie Chan, played by Edwin Luke, the real-life younger brother of Keye Luke, who had depicted Number One Son throughout the 1930s.

The Jade Mask
Directed by	Phil Rosen
Written by	Earl Derr Biggers (characters) George Callahan
Produced by	James S. Burkett
Starring	Sidney Toler
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Music by	Dave Torbett
Production company	Monogram Pictures
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures
Release date	January 26, 1945 (1945-01-26)
Running time	66 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Charlie Chan, along with #4 son Eddie and chauffeur, Birmingham Brown, looks into the apparent murder of an eccentric scientist in a spooky mansion.

Although the scientist had been shot with a silenced pistol, further murders are committed with poison darts, with one narrowly missing Chan. Later, Chan discovers the dead scientist's huge collection of ventriloquist dummies are the key to the murders.

Cast

• Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
• Edwin Luke as Eddie Chan
• Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown
• Hardie Albright as Walter Meeker
• Frank Reicher as Harper
• Janet Warren as Jean Kent
• Cyril Delevanti as Roth
• Alan Bridge as Sheriff Mack
• Dorothy Granger as Stella Graham

External links

• The Jade Mask at IMDb
• The Jade Mask at the TCM Movie Database
• The Jade Mask at AllMovie
• The Jade Mask at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
• The Jade Mask film details at The Charlie Chan Family Home