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Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938)

Charlie Chan in Honolulu poster
Directed by
H. Bruce Humberstone
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 22 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Chan is a detective traveling to Honolulu to investigate a murder on a ship. He works with his son Jimmy to solve the case.

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What happens

Charlie Chan in Honolulu is a 1939 American mystery film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, starring Sidney Toler as the fictional Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan. The film is the first appearance of both Toler as Chan and Victor Sen Yung as "number two son" Jimmy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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