Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936)

Directed by

H. Bruce Humberstone

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 08m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Detective Charlie Chan investigates a series of murders tied to an opera performance. The main suspect is a vengeful singer with a dark past. Chan uses his wits to uncover the real culprit among the cast and crew.

suspensefulmysterioustheatricallightheartedcleverdatedwhimsicaltense

What happens

Charlie Chan at the Opera is the 13th film starring Warner Oland as protagonist Charlie Chan, with Boris Karloff portraying the principal suspect and faux operatic music composed by Oscar Levant. The film was directed by H. Bruce Humberstone for 20th Century-Fox in 1936. Oland and Demarest also appeared in The Jazz Singer (1927). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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