The Scarlet Clue
Genres
Overview
Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while investigating several murders.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
65 min
Release Date
1945-05-11
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
22
Vote Average
5.886
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Benson Fong
Tommy Chan
Mantan Moreland
Birmingham Brown, Chauffeur
Robert Homans
Capt. Flynn
I. Stanford Jolley
Rolf Brot, alias Ralph Brett
Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Marsh
Jack Norton
Willie Rand
Janet Shaw
Gloria Bayne
Ben Carter
Ben Carter
Victoria Faust
Hulda Swenson / Janet Carter
Helen Deverell
Diane Hall
Leonard Mudie
Horace Karloss
Reid Kilpatrick
Mr. Chester, program announcer
Emmett Vogan
Mr. Hamilton
Crane Whitley
Henchman Cooper
Kernan Cripps
Detective (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
Nelson (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp
Police Radio Expert (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
Herbert Sinclair (uncredited)
Frank Mayo
Det. Hodge (uncredited)
Leonard Mudie
Horace Karlos (uncredited)
Tom Quinn
Chemist (uncredited)
Charles Sherlock
Sgt. McGraw (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Rausch (uncredited)
6.8
Castle in the Desert
Charlie Chan, with son Jimmy on a week's pass from the Army, takes up a request for help at a castle-home, miles from anywhere in the American desert south-west and inhabited by an eccentric, reclusive historian and his wife, a descendant of Lucrezia Borgia. Once there, he finds the request's legitimacy denied by all who are present, but still necessary as one houseguest has already been murdered, the other guests are at each other's throat, and the Borgia-related chatelain is suspected...
1942-02-02 | en
6.8
Charlie Chan at the Opera
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
1936-12-04 | en
6.5
Charlie Chan's Chance
Charlie is the intended murder victim here, and he avoids death only by chance. To find the murderer (since, of course, murder does occur), Charlie must outguess Scotland Yard and New York City police.
1932-01-24 | en
8.0
Charlie Chan's Courage
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begins sleuthing.
1934-07-06 | en
6.0
The Black Camel
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.
1931-06-21 | en
7.0
Charlie Chan on Broadway
Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a former singer with a tell-all diary is murdered to insure her silence.
1937-09-22 | en
6.5
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
Although Charlie and Lee are in Monaco for an art exhibit, they become caught up in a feud between rival financiers which involves the Chan's in a web of blackmail and murder.
1937-12-17 | en
6.7
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
On a cruise ship from Honolulu to San Francisco, the famous Chinese detective encounters four more murders while trying to figure out the murder of a Scotland Yard friend.
1940-05-02 | en
7.7
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.
1940-09-06 | en
6.8
Charlie Chan in Panama
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
1940-03-01 | en
6.1
Murder Over New York
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
1940-12-13 | en
6.3
Dead Men Tell
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
1941-03-28 | en
6.2
Charlie Chan in Rio
In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.
1941-09-05 | en
5.9
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
Charlie Chan is an agent of the US government working in Washington DC and he is assigned to investigate the murder of the inventor of a highly advanced torpedo. Aiding Chan is his overeager but dull-witted son Tommy and his daughter Iris.
1944-02-14 | en
6.4
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
1944-05-20 | en
7.0
Black Magic
Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.
1944-08-19 | en
5.8
The Shanghai Cobra
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
1945-09-29 | en
6.5
The Red Dragon
Chan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with bullets that are not fired from a gun.
1945-08-01 | en
6.1
The Jade Mask
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.
1945-01-26 | en
5.8
Shadows Over Chinatown
In San Francisco's Chinatown, Charlie helps two different people search for their missing relatives and uncovers a murder for insurance scheme.
1946-06-27 | en