CHARLIE CHAN IN RIO-1941-Detective Chan
(Sidney Toler) and number 2 son Jimmy (Sen Yung) with the help of
local police chief Souto (Harold Huber) plan to arrest singer Lola
Dean for the murder of a man in Honolulu after tracking her to a club
in Rio De Janeiro. Lola (Jacqueline Dalya) plans to elope with her
fiance Carlos but first she visits a Hindu swami (Victor Jory) where
she is kind of drugged and reveals that she did in fact kill a man in
a jealous rage. I say kind of drugged as the swami only uses a herbal
cigarette and a cup of coffee to achieve this. Anyway, her
guests start to arrive when she returns to her place. When Chan
arrives to make the arrest he finds Lola stabbed to death. Naturally
all her party goers are suspects. They include jilted alcoholic (Mary
Beth Hughes from I ACCUSE MY PARENTS), (future TV's Science Fiction
Theater host Truman Bradley), the singer's secretary Grace (Cobina
Wright), another disgruntled woman and a armchair detective. Jimmy
actually has a fist fight with the butler who's trying to steal some
jewels and comes out on top! He even gets a love interest in
the form of the singer's Asian maid Lili (Iris Wong). Fun outing but
Jimmy is just a little to dumb at times...
One of four Chan entries
Harry Lachman directed. He also made OUR RELATIONS with Laurel and
Hardy, DANTE'S INFERNO with Spencer Tracy and THE LOVES OF EDGAR
ALLEN POE before retiring after 1942 to devote his life to being a
full time artist.
Followed by CASTLE IN THE DESERT. Thanks for reading!
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