Murder Over New York (1940)
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.
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Charlie Chan -
Patricia Shaw -
David Elliott -
George Kirby -
Inspector Vance -
Herbert Fenton -
June Preston -
Ralph Percy -
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Richard Jeffery -
Boggs -
Butler -
Hugh Drake -
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Director:
Harry LachmanWriters:
Lester Ziffren (original screen play), Earl Derr Biggers (based on: the character "Charlie Chan" created by)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
The method of murder in this film, poison gas contained inside a thin a glass globe, was previously used in one of the Mr. Wong films, "Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)," two years earlier; and three years before that in the Chan-series film "Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)."
Quotes
Jimmy Chan:
I'll never go on a case like this again without a gat.
Goofs
Seemingly an hour or so after Drake's body is discovered in his apartment, Charlie gets a toxicology report over the telephone from the city morgue naming the specific poison that was in his body.
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Genres
Comedy | Crime | Mystery | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
13 December 1940Language
English
Country of Origin
USAFilming Locations
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USAContribute to this page
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