The Chinese Cat (1944)

- Original title
- Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
- Directed by
- Phil Rosen
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 06m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb

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How it feels
Charlie Chan investigates a murder connected to a stolen Chinese cat statue. The story involves a funhouse and a locked room mystery.
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What happens
The Chinese Cat (also titled Murder in the Funhouse) is a 1944 mystery film starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Black Magic (1944)
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
Castle in the Desert (1942)
Shanghai Chest (1948)
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
The Shanghai Cobra (1945)
Dangerous Money (1946)
Dark Alibi (1946)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.
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