Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

67% User Rating

1h 11min

"Murderous Spies invade Olympic Games!"

Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of Parents and Teachers') pits Charlie Chan against international spies who are using the Berlin Olympic games as the perfect cover...for cold-blooded murder!

H. Bruce HumberstoneDirector

Cast

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Warner Oland

Charlie Chan

Katherine DeMille

Yvonne Roland

Pauline Moore

Betty Adams

Allan Lane

Richard Masters

Keye Luke

Lee Chan

C. Henry Gordon

Arthur Hughes

John Eldredge

Mr. Cartwright

Layne Tom Jr.

Charlie Chan Jr

Jonathan Hale

Mr. Hopkins

Morgan Wallace

Honorable Charles Zaraka

Frederick Vogeding

Inspector Strasser

Andrew Tombes

Chief of Homicide E. R. Scott

Howard Hickman

Police Doctor

Arno Frey

Carlos, Zaraka's Henchman

David S. Horsley

Test Pilot Edwards

Theresa Harris

Athlete

George Chandler

Ship's Radio Operator

William Begg

Brooks Benedict

Zaraka Henchman

Stanley Blystone

New York Policeman

Walter Bonn

Polizei Officer

Don Brodie

Radio Announcer

Glen Cavender

Polizei Officer

Hans Fuerberg

Polizei Radio-car Officer

Curt Furberg

Polizei Officer

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Miller

John David Horsley

Test Pilot Edwards

Selmer Jackson

Navy Commander

Hans Joby

Polizei Radio-car Officer

Edward Keane

Army Colonel

Al Kikume

Uniformed Officer at Microphone / Desk in Police Station

Tommy Klein

Tony Merlo

Philip Morris

Cop

Louis Natheaux

Virgil B. Nover

Paul Panzer

German Undercover Officer Posing as Snack Vendor

Caroline Rankin

Miller's Landlady

Perry E. Seeley

Lee Shumway

Cop

Minerva Urecal

Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron

Dale Van Sickel

Emmett Vogan

Ship's Officer

Wilhelm von Brincken

Polizei Officer

Billy Wayne

Ship's Steward Guarding Stateroom

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CinemaSerf

Rating 70%

June 20, 2022

Maybe one of the more far-fetched "Charlie Chan" stories, this one. This time, No. 1 son "Lee" (Keye Luke) is en route to take part in the Berlin Olympic games. Simultaneously, an plane testing a revolutionary new guidance system is mysteriously hijacked and "Pop" tracks same to Berlin, and so onto the "Hindenberg" he goes in a race to stop the Nazis from obtaining this crucial bit of kit. This has a slightly more sinister plot, with some genuinely menacing scenes tempered by "Lee", as ever on the lookout for a pretty girl, ultimately getting himself into some serious hot water with the baddies! If there are clues, then they went over my head - I was none the wiser until the denouement, which is no bad thing. Well paced direction, solid efforts from the supporting cast - including Allan "Rocky" Lane (think "Mr. Ed"!) and of course the chief suspect, C. Henry Gordon, who makes another CC appearance - this time as the devious "Hughes". It's got a little actuality from the Olympics too - and, thankfully, "Lee" doesn't need his dad to use the paddle...