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Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone

Mystery

Overview

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.

Rated NR | Length 68 minutes

Actors

Warner Oland | Boris Karloff | Keye Luke | William Demarest | Guy Usher | Margaret Irving | Gregory Gaye | Nedda Harrigan | Frank Conroy | Charlotte Henry | Thomas Beck | Maurice Cass | Tom McGuire | Marc Lawrence | Joan Woodbury | William Bailey | Charles Bancroft | John Bleifer | Stanley Blystone | Myrta Bonillas | Raymond Brown | Carita Crawford | Patrick Cunning | Zari Elmassian | Frank Fanning | Jim Farley | Adolph Faylauer | Larry Fisher | Benson Fong | J. C. Fowler | Otto Fries | Bud Geary | Milton Gowman | Herschel Graham | Harrison Greene | Julia Griffith

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
04/18/2025TVOtherOwned6.5 stars
01/12/2019TVDVDLibrary0 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Loose remake of Phantom of the Opera with Karloff as the Phantom. Amusing reference to Frankenstein by one of the characters. Unfortunately saddled with some real dumb racial slurs like calling Chan “chop suey” and other things.

But having Karloff is very cool.

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