Charlie Chan in Reno

Charlie Chan in Reno

16/6/1939 1h 10m 6.2/10

Overview

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

Director

Norman Foster

Top Billed Cast

Victor Sen Yung

Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan

Phyllis Brooks

Phyllis Brooks

Vivian Wells

Slim Summerville

Slim Summerville

Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher

Sidney Toler

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Ricardo Cortez

Ricardo Cortez

Dr. Ainsley

Kane Richmond

Kane Richmond

Curtis Whitman

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

6/22/2022

6/10

I didn't like this one so much. Our sleuth finds himself embroiled - with No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) - in a puzzling case involving his old pal "Mary" (Pauline Moore) who gets herself implicated in the murder of the new girlfriend of her soon-to-be ex-husband. It's pretty clear that there is no lack of suspects as our profound and sagely detective attempts to get to the bottom of things and clear his friend's good name. As with most of his appearances in this guise, Sidney Toler carries off the part with gentle humour, but the story is just too rushed. There are far too many red herrings and I found the simpering effects of Iris Wong ("Choy") on the normally entertaining but in this case nauseatingly lovestruck "Jimmy" a bit irritating. Slim Summerville's ("Sheriff Fletcher") over cooked his part a bit too much, too. Fine to watch, just not one of the best.

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