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Murder Over New York (1940)

Murder Over New York poster
Directed by
Harry Lachman
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 05m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Chan attends a police convention in New York. He must solve a murder mystery there.

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What happens

Murder Over New York is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Harry Lachman and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. The cast also features Marjorie Weaver, Robert Lowery and Ricardo Cortez. Chan must solve a murder mystery while attending a police convention. Shemp Howard plays "Shorty McCoy" in an uncredited appearance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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