I’m really not enjoying Sidney Toler’s
Charlie Chan and I miss Keye Luke. Maybe other entries will cure me of this but
not for now. There are some effective moments on board ship drenched in fog as
it travels from Honolulu to Los Angeles and a murder is committed; Leo Carroll
and Lionel Atwill add a lot of class to the support cast; I liked the
suspenseful end sequence where a woman is blinded and talks about who did it;
there’s some cute stuff with Chan discussing a report card with his son. But
it’s a very average entry – some running around and spouting one liners without
any real atmosphere or interest. Despite three murders, it’s unexciting too.
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