Charlie Chan in Reno

1939 PG-13 1h 10m

6.5 / 10 19

RATING

6.5/10

YOUR RATING

Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.

Director Norman Foster

Writers

Earl Derr Biggers Frances Hyland

Stars

Sidney Toler Ricardo Cortez Phyllis Brooks

Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher

Mr. Jones (uncredited)

Jack - College Student

Fred Kelsey

Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Al Kikume

Honolulu Policeman (uncredited)

Hank Mann

'Injured' Con Man / Casino Extra

Rough Drunk (uncredited)

Arthur Rankin

Bellhop

Virginia Sale

Maid Reporting Missing Passkey

College Student (uncredited)

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Barbara McLean

College Student (uncredited)

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Dick Cherney

Casino Patron (uncredited)

Mystery Thriller

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Geronimo1967 22 Jun 2022

6/10

I didn't like this one so much. Our sleuth finds himself embroiled - with No. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung) - in a puzzling case involving his old pal "Mary" (Pauline Moore) who gets herself implicated in the murder of the new girlfriend of her soon-to-be ex-husband. It's pretty clear that there is no lack of suspects as our profound and sagely detective attempts to get to the bottom of things a...