Director: Harry Lachman
Writer: Robert Ellis
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
72 min
Rating: 6.2/10
Released
Top Cast
Warner Oland
Charlie Chan
Keye Luke
Lee Chan
John McGuire
Hal Blake
Shirley Deane
Louise Norman
Francis Ford
John Gaines
J. Carrol Naish
Tom Holt
Movie Info
Director: Harry Lachman
Writer: Robert Ellis
Production Companies: 20th Century Fox
Countries: United States of America
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"Charlie Chan" (Warner Oland) is about to take his extended family to the circus when he is co-opted into an investigation into some threatening letters being received by the owner. Before he can get his feet under the desk, though, his client is bumped off and he must now find a murderer amongst the company (and their beasties). It's a better story, this one - plenty going on; some interesting characters and quite a bit of pace to aid the manhunt. Son "Lee" (Keye Luke) features too, rather amusingly fascinated by the glamorous contortionist and the cigar smoking miniature couple of George Brasno ("Tim") and his wife Olive ("Tiny") add some lively charm to the thing too. The conclusion is oddly unsurprising, but still quite clever. It is also quite interesting to reflect , as we watch this, that there was a time when the visiting circus was must-see family entertainment with a whole, and curious, gamut of acts and animals that survived hand-to-mouth whilst enthralling large crowds with their lion taming and high acrobatics.