

66 minutes
1/26/1945
The latest assignment for respected detective Charlie Chan has come directly from the government and involves the disappearance of a scientist named Harper, who was working on an extremely important serum. When the scientist is killed, Chan must sort through all very likely suspects, including the man's sister and his butler.

Sidney Toler
as Charlie Chan

Mantan Moreland
as Birmingham Brown

Edwin Luke
as Eddie Chan

Hardie Albright
as Walter Meeker

Janet Warren
as Jean Kent

Al Bridge
as Sheriff Mack

Edith Evanson
as Louise Harper

Dorothy Granger
as Stella Graham

Cyril Delevanti
as Roth

Jack Ingram
as Lloyd Archer

Lester Dorr
as Michael Strong

Frank Reicher
as Harper

Henry Hall
as Inspector Godfrey
Joe Whitehead
as Dr. Samuel R. Peabody
Danny Desmond
as Bellboy

Ralph Lewis
as Officer Jim Kimball
John Breen
as Police Officer (uncredited)