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Rating: 6 stars

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Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

Directed by Norman Foster

Mystery

Overview

Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.

Rated NR | Length 66 minutes

Actors

Sidney Toler | Jean Rogers | Lionel Atwill | Mary Nash | Victor Sen Yung | Kane Richmond | Chris-Pin Martin | Lionel Royce | Helen Ericson | Jack La Rue | Edwin Stanley | Donald Douglas | Frank Puglia | Addison Richards | Edward Keane | Eddie Acuff | Jimmy Aubrey | Brooks Benedict | Lane Chandler | Russell Custer | Alan Davis | Franklyn Farnum | Edward Gargan | Harold Goodwin | Sol Gorss | Chuck Hamilton | Alberto Morin | Philip Morris | Gloria Roy | Charles Sherlock | Charles Stevens | Sid Troy | Max Wagner

Viewing History (seen 2 times)

Viewing Notes

Sunday afternoon serial: Chan in Panama City pretending to be someone else until he’s just himself solving the murder. Again, topical with the espionage angle and the U.S. Navy involvement.

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