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When a troupe of showgirls with their impresario and press agent vacation at a Malibu Beach resort, two of them are garroted. Charlie takes on the case assisted by Number Two Son Jimmy and faithful chauffeur Birmingham Brown.
Cast & crew
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Sidney Toler
Mantan Moreland
Victor Sen Yung
Tanis Chandler
Larry J. Blake
Kirk Alyn
Anne Nagel
Helen Gerald
Howard Negley
Barbara Jean WongIn this series · Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler)
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CinemaSerfJul 7, 2022
A rather underwhelming outing for Sidney Toler as our famous sleuth tying to get to the bottom of a series of grisly murders at a Malibu beach house. Ably, sometimes comically, aided by number two son "Jimmy" and stalwart chauffeur "Birmingham Brown" he investigates amongst a troupe of, frankly annoying, scantily clad showgirls who spend much of their time screaming and/or giggling hysterically. The performances are staged to within an inch of their lives; the script though s… Read more
peedily delivered is stilted and the photography seems confused between detective yarn and B-movie beauty pageant. By this stage, the 71 year old star was struggling with intestinal cancer - he visibly struggles at times and perhaps that excuses the rather amateur finish of this production.