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6.2

Charlie Chan in Reno

NR·1939·70m

Mystery

Thriller

Mystery

Thriller

Summary

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.

Cast

Sidney Toler

Charlie Chan

Ricardo Cortez

Dr. Ainsley

Phyllis Brooks

Vivian Wells

Slim Summerville

Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher

Kane Richmond

Curtis Whitman

Victor Sen Yung

Jimmy Chan

Pauline Moore

Mary Whitman

Eddie Collins

Cab Driver

Kay Linaker

Mrs. Wayne Russell

Louise Henry

Jeanne Bentley

Robert Lowery

Wally Burke

Charles D. Brown

Police Chief King

Iris Wong

Choy Wong

Morgan Conway

George Bentley

Hamilton MacFadden

Night Clerk

Jimmy Aubrey

Me #3 Son Wiseguy

Brooks Benedict

Man in Line-Up

Stanley Blystone

Lineup Officer

Heinie Conklin

Policeman

Jerry Frank

Bar Patron

Bobby Hale

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Policeman

Harry Hayden

Chemistry Professor

Dick Hogan

Jack - College Student

Fred Kelsey

Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Al Kikume

Honolulu Policeman (uncredited)

Hank Mann

'Injured' Con Man / Casino Extra

Imboden Parrish

Undetermined Role

Jack Perry

Rough Drunk (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin

Bellhop

Virginia Sale

Maid Reporting Missing Passkey

Edwin Stanley

Police Chemist

Blue Washington

Man in Line-Up

Robert Shaw

College Student (uncredited)

Barbara McLean

College Student (uncredited)

Dick Cherney

Casino Patron (uncredited)

Crew

Director

Norman Foster

Characters

Earl Derr Biggers

Writer

Frances Hyland

Reviews

Geronimo1967

June 22, 2022

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.