Charlie Chan in The Scarlet Clue

Starring:Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Virginia Brissac, Ben Carter, Benson Fong, Robert Homans, Jack Norton, Janet Shaw, Helen Deverell, Victoria Faust, Tom Quinn, Milton Kibbee, Charles Wagenheim, Crane Whitley, I. Stanford Jolley, Leonard Mudie, Kernan Cripps, Emmett Vogan, Charles Sherlock, Frank Mayo
Director: Phil Rosen
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

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Comic Satire on Murder Mysteries
A very enjoyable movie.
Big Assist From Manton Moreland
The Scarlet Clue
Serial-style Chan mystery offers some fun for B-movie fans.

Charlie Chan in The Scarlet Clue
Starring: Sidney Toler , Mantan Moreland , Virginia Brissac , Ben Carter , and Benson Fong
Director: Phil Rosen
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00020X94C
Release Date: 2004-07-06

Description

The unforgettable Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) takes on a group of fast-track media types in this forties send-up of bad radio drama, snarling sponsors and tense thespians that also features Mantan Moreland and partner Ben Carter doing their classic nightclub routinea Chan movie first! A fatal mistake made by an impatient detective in Chan's employ leads the master sleuth to a radio studio that is somehow connected to a radar operation in the same building. A bloody heel print, lethalcigarettes and an icy wind tunnel all provide Charlie with clues to a dastardly scheme to steal top-secret radar plansbut these suspects are experts at deceit. After all, it's their business!

Customer Reviews:

Comic Satire on Murder Mysteries.......2007-05-02

Captain Flynn and another man are following Roush since he got off the train. Charlie Chan is visiting and joins the hunt. When they find Roush he will tell no tales. [The events are described so you can't miss what's happening! The comedy is really laid on thick.] Chan tracks down the owner of the car parked by the murder scene. We see a Shakespearean actor (modeled after Boris Karloff?) Then Chan discovers a matching footprint; the murderer is at the radio station! A phone call tells who this is. Then we see two comedians do their stage act. Next we see life behind the radio microphone, where the advertiser cracks her whip and the actors jump as ordered ("trained animals who can speak" said Hitchcock). One actress asks Mr. Brett for a better position; but he won't worry about her future.

A strange poison is used to kill Gloria Baynes. Then we see two conspirators who tell how they work (so you don't miss anything). Mr. Cooper and Mr. Brett have been watched. The head of the operation makes Mr. Brett escape for good. His body was then found in a cold testing chamber. The police arrest Cooper, and they try to contact the unknown head of the spy ring. Chan learns how Brett was killed. When Mr. Rand tries to tell Chan something he too is rendered silent! But Chan figures out how they were killed (a high-tech method). Then there is a final chase of the head of the spy ring, who is caught by the same trap used for Brett.

This must be the funniest in the series, a collection of jokes set in an espionage murder mystery. The simple settings tell of its low budget. You'll note how sometimes the actors can't prevent a smile as they speak. There is even a part where they tell of the dangers of cigarette smoking! Is there a message in the revelation of the traitor?

A very enjoyable movie........2005-11-15

I am Chinese and have heard lots of western people refering to Charlie Chan. I was very curious how Chan was like and bought this DVD. I was not disappointed --- even though this movie was made so many years ago, it is still very entertaining.

Big Assist From Manton Moreland.......2002-09-02

THE SCARLET CLUE is an above average entry in the Chan series helped by a fast-paced script and the antics of Manton Moreland as Birmingham Brown.

Charlie is acting as a federal agent trying to solve a murder and at the same time prevent the theft of top secret radar plans. The title refers to a bloody footprint.

Sidney Toler has the role of Charlie and Benson Fong is back as Tommie Chan.

The Scarlet Clue.......2001-07-07

the scarlet clue was a pretty enjoyable movie for the monogram charlie chan series. clever jokes, interesting clues, trap floors in elevators, and charlie chan himself, all added up to an enjoyable 65-minute movie experience (so much so i'm ordering more charlie chan tapes today).

Serial-style Chan mystery offers some fun for B-movie fans........1999-12-07

One of budget-brand Monogram Pictures' entries in the Charlie Chan series, this picture has a busy, tricky screenplay which resembles a serial story. The villain is masked and cloaked in the best cliffhanger tradition, and every few minutes there is some new deadly device introduced (an elevator with a trap door, a weather tunnel with dangerous extremes of heat and cold, etc.). The radio-station setting is novel, and there is some outstanding comedy relief by Mantan Moreland and Ben Carter doing their "incomplete sentence" nightclub act. The direction and photography are routine, but the filmmakers apparently were concentrating on the ambitious technical gimmicks in the script. Par for Monogram, and a pleasant hour for B-movie fans.

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