Charlie Chan in Honolulu

Charlie Chan in Honolulu

1938 · 67 min · ★ 6.5 · Mystery, Crime, Comedy, Thriller

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.

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone · Written by Charles S. Belden

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★ 6.51939
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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.
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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
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MovieMysteryThriller
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City in Darkness
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MovieCrimeThriller
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the murder of a munitions manufacturer who was supplying arms to the enemy, even as the rising clouds of World War II force the city into nightly blackout status..
Charlie Chan in PanamaCharlie Chan in Panama · 1940
Charlie Chan in Panama
★ 6.81940
MovieCrimeThriller
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.
Charlie Chan's Murder CruiseCharlie Chan's Murder Cruise · 1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
★ 6.81940
MovieComedyCrime
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
Charlie Chan at the Wax MuseumCharlie Chan at the Wax Museum · 1940
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
★ 7.71940
MovieCrimeMystery
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.
Murder Over New YorkMurder Over New York · 1940
Murder Over New York
★ 6.21940
MovieCrimeMystery
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Dead Men TellDead Men Tell · 1941
Dead Men Tell
★ 6.51941
MovieMysteryThriller
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
Charlie Chan in RioCharlie Chan in Rio · 1941
Charlie Chan in Rio
★ 6.51941
MovieCrimeMystery
In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.
Castle in the DesertCastle in the Desert · 1942
Castle in the Desert
★ 7.11942
MovieCrimeMystery
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...
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MovieComedyCrime
Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding Chan is his overeager but dull-witted son Tommy and his daughter Iris.
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★ 6.61944
MovieMysteryComedy
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
Black MagicBlack Magic · 1944
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★ 7.11944
MovieMysteryComedy
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.
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MovieCrimeHorror
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MovieMysteryThriller
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MovieMystery
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MovieMysteryThriller
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
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★ 6.21946
MovieMysteryComedy
In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.
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Dangerous Money
★ 5.91946
MovieCrimeMystery
A treasury agent on the trail of counterfeit money confides to fellow ocean liner passenger, Charlie Chan, that there have been two attempts on his life.
The TrapThe Trap · 1946
The Trap
★ 6.81946
MovieCrimeMystery
When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Dark AlibiDark Alibi · 1946
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MovieMysteryCrime
After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.

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MovieComedy
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MovieMysteryComedy
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MovieComedyMusic
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MovieMysteryComedy
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MovieMysteryCrime
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