One of the best Fox Charlie Chans, though almost completely ruined by the presence of Stephin Fetchit, with his agonisingly painful slow drawl. Thankfully he's only in the movie a small bit so you can enjoy it. For the most part this is a lot of fun, with Charlie Chan entering on a donkey and investigating deaths associated with an archeological dig.
Pat Paterson and Thomas Beck are the inevitable dull couple who Chan helps out (thus limiting the pool of suspects), a young (and chubbier) Rita Hayworth (dubbed Rita Cansino) is a local girl, there are some colourful supporting characters, pretty much all of whom look to be up to no good. Louis King does a fine job of directing, getting plenty of spookiness out of the various tombs and darkened museum corridors - it's slower paced than others in the series (which had lots of running around) but that's not a bad thing as they go for the spookiness.
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