Charlie Chan in Panama Poster

Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)

"One more minute... and the fleet is doomed!"

6.8/10 1h 6m Mar 01, 1940
Crime Thriller Mystery Comedy

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.

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Movie Details

Original Title Charlie Chan in Panama
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.6

Cast

Sidney Toler
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Popularity: 0.5
Jean Rogers
Jean Rogers
Kathi Lenesch (Baroness Kathi von Czardos)
Popularity: 0.3
Lionel Atwill
Lionel Atwill
Cliveden Compton
Popularity: 0.5
Mary Nash
Mary Nash
Miss Sarah Finch
Popularity: 2.9
Victor Sen Yung
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)
Popularity: 2.5
Kane Richmond
Kane Richmond
Richard Cabot
Popularity: 0.2
Chris-Pin Martin
Chris-Pin Martin
Sergeant Montero
Popularity: 1.3
Lionel Royce
Lionel Royce
Dr. Rudolph Grosser
Popularity: 0.1
Helen Ericson
Helen Ericson
Stewardess
Popularity: 1.0
Jack La Rue
Jack La Rue
Emil Manolo
Popularity: 4.2
Edwin Stanley
Edwin Stanley
Governor D.C. Webster
Popularity: 0.9
Donald Douglas
Donald Douglas
Captain Lewis
Popularity: 1.3

Key Crew

Writer John Larkin
Director Norman Foster
Executive Producer Sol M. Wurtzel

Production

20th Century Fox
US

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Keywords

panama panama canal charlie chan

Reviews from TMDB

CinemaSerf 6/10
Jun 23, 2022

This outing for our sleuth finds him working undercover - appropriately in a Panama hat shop - on a mission to help the US Government combat the activities of some spies bent on disrupting the movement of US Naval vessels though the Panama Canal. When a man is murdered in his shop, "Chan" is detaine ... Read more

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Based on 19 votes

Details
Release Date March 1, 1940
Runtime 1h 6m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.6
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