Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
by Phil Rosen
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Actor: Arthur Loft, Gwen Kenyon, Mantan Moreland, Sarah Edwards, Sidney TolerDirector: Phil Rosen
Brand: Sony
Cinematographer: Ira H. Morgan
Editor: Martin G. Cohn
Producer: James S. Burkett
Producer: Philip N. Krasne
Writer: Earl Derr Biggers
Writer: George Callahan
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 63 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
Movie Review: An early entry but very good
Summary: 5 Stars
Of course, I'm awarding this film five stars specifically to benefit Chan-Nazis like myself in deciding where this one fits in, rating-wise, alongside all the others.
I enjoy Sidney Toler (which this one is) and Warner Oland Chan films equally and I place this particular entry in the top 30 percent of them all. "Castle in the Desert" stands far and above ALL the rest, in my opinion, and then you have "Charlie Chan in The Jade Mask," which rates just above this entry, "Charlie Chan in the Secret Service". I see this one as about evenly equal to "Charlie Chan in Reno," or to "Charlie Chan and The Wax Museum".
In "Charlie Chan in the Secret Service," a renowned scientist is under full-time guard by G-men who foolishly allow the old man to go off by himself downstairs in his large home to greet guests for a cocktail party. Of course, he meets his demise in a closet near the bottom of the stairs and his valuable plan is stolen from his person; however, the G-men are quickly downstairs and on the guests before anyone can flee the scene. Charlie is called in to find both the murderer and the stolen plan.
The guests represent a strange and eccentric aggregation of humanity, (a brilliant cast), and the viewer is pointed first toward one, then towards another of them as the possible culprit. Mantan Moreland yields his usual great performance, providing his obligatory comic relief.
This is a Charlie Chan film worth watching by anyone who enjoys the older black-and-white whodunnits, (such as the old Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes films), but it's a special treat for Charlie's many fans.
Summary of Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
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