Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Charlie Chan at the Olympics

Murderous Spies invade Olympic Games!

NR 1937 · 71 min · ★ 6.8 · Mystery, Crime, Thriller

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!

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone · Written by Paul Burger

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The Black Camel
★ 6.11931
MovieCrimeMystery
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.
Charlie Chan Carries OnCharlie Chan Carries On · 1931
Charlie Chan Carries On
★ 7.01931
MovieCrimeMystery
Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Kong. Fast-paced with lots of wisecracking. The first film to star Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.
Charlie Chan's ChanceCharlie Chan's Chance · 1932
Charlie Chan's Chance
★ 7.31932
MovieMystery
Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.
Charlie Chan's Greatest CaseCharlie Chan's Greatest Case · 1933
Charlie Chan's Greatest Case
★ 8.01933
MovieMystery
When a good-for-nothing man named Dan is stabbed to death and his arm broken, Charlie Chan is on the case. His first clue comes from the victim's sister, who noticed a prowler wearing a glow-in-the-dark wristwatch.
Charlie Chan in LondonCharlie Chan in London · 1934
Charlie Chan in London
★ 6.91934
MovieCrimeMystery
Charlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor. Pamela is convinced of his innocence.
Charlie Chan's CourageCharlie Chan's Courage · 1934
Charlie Chan's Courage
★ 8.71934
MovieMystery
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
Charlie Chan in EgyptCharlie Chan in Egypt · 1935
Charlie Chan in Egypt
★ 6.91935
MovieMystery
While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.
Charlie Chan in ParisCharlie Chan in Paris · 1935
Charlie Chan in Paris
★ 6.61935
MovieCrimeMystery
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
Charlie Chan in ShanghaiCharlie Chan in Shanghai · 1935
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
★ 6.71935
MovieCrimeMystery
When a prominent official is murdered at a banquet honoring Charle Chan, the detective and son Lee team up to expose an opium-smuggling ring.
Charlie Chan's SecretCharlie Chan's Secret · 1936
Charlie Chan's Secret
★ 7.01936
MovieCrimeMystery
Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of Honolulu. Mysteriously, Colby reappears at his mansion only to be murdered soon after. When his body is discovered during a seance, everyone in attendance becomes a suspect, and it's up to Chan to find the murderer before he or she strikes again.
Charlie Chan at the OperaCharlie Chan at the Opera · 1936
Charlie Chan at the Opera
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MovieCrimeMystery
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.
Charlie Chan at the CircusCharlie Chan at the Circus · 1936
Charlie Chan at the Circus
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MovieCrimeMystery
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
Charlie Chan at the Race TrackCharlie Chan at the Race Track · 1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
★ 7.11936
MovieMysteryComedy
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
Charlie Chan on BroadwayCharlie Chan on Broadway · 1937
Charlie Chan on Broadway
★ 7.11937
MovieCrimeMystery
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
Charlie Chan at Monte CarloCharlie Chan at Monte Carlo · 1937
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
★ 6.31937
MovieMysteryComedy
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.

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SeriesComedy
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Three Little Girls in Blue
★ 7.31946
Movie
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Charlie Chan at the Race TrackCharlie Chan at the Race Track · 1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
★ 7.11936
MovieMysteryComedy
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
Sun Valley SerenadeSun Valley Serenade · 1941
Sun Valley Serenade
★ 7.11941
MovieComedyMusic
When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
While New York SleepsWhile New York Sleeps · 1938
While New York Sleeps
★ 7.01938
MovieMysteryComedy
Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).
Daniel BooneDaniel Boone · 1964
Daniel Boone
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SeriesAction & AdventureWestern
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
I Wake Up ScreamingI Wake Up Screaming · 1941
I Wake Up Screaming
★ 6.91941
MovieMysteryCrime
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
Pack Up Your TroublesPack Up Your Troubles · 1939
Pack Up Your Troubles
★ 6.81939
MovieWarComedy
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
Wonder ManWonder Man · 1945
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★ 6.61945
MovieComedyFantasy
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Madison Avenue
★ 6.61961
MovieDrama
An adman and an adwoman put a dangerous milk tycoon in line for the White House.
Charlie Chan in HonoluluCharlie Chan in Honolulu · 1938
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
★ 6.51938
MovieMysteryCrime
While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freighter in the harbor.
If I Had a MillionIf I Had a Million · 1932
If I Had a Million
★ 6.51932
MovieDramaComedy
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
Fury at Furnace CreekFury at Furnace Creek · 1948
Fury at Furnace Creek
★ 6.31948
MovieWestern
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Pin Up GirlPin Up Girl · 1944
Pin Up Girl
★ 6.31944
MovieMusicRomance
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost every serviceman she's signed her pin-up photo for. Now she's leaving home to go into government service (not, as she fantasizes, to join the USO). On a side trip to New York, her vivid imagination leads her to True Love with naval hero Tommy Dooley; but increasingly involved Musical Comedy Complications follow.
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
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SeriesComedy
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Tall, Dark and HandsomeTall, Dark and Handsome · 1941
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Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.

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