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The Black Camel (1931)

The Black Camel poster
Directed by
Hamilton MacFadden
Genre
crime film, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 38 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Detective Charlie Chan investigates the murder of a film actress on a Hawaiian beach. The case involves a number of suspects and a mysterious fortune teller.

mysteriousdatedinvestigativeold-fashionedslow-pacedcerebralatmospheric

What happens

The Black Camel is a 1931 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and starring Warner Oland, Sally Eilers, Bela Lugosi, and Dorothy Revier. It is based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the second film to star Oland as detective Charlie Chan, and the sole surviving title of the first five Chan films starring Oland. The Black Camel marked the film debut of Robert Young. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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