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Black Magic (1944)

Black Magic poster
Directed by
Phil Rosen
Genre
mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 07m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Chan investigates a mysterious death linked to a spiritualist and a seance. He must sort through alibis and hidden motives to find the real culprit.

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What happens

Black Magic, later retitled Meeting at Midnight for television, is a 1944 mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. It was the third Charlie Chan film made by Toler at Monogram Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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