Warner Oland
Charlie Chan
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Charlie Chan at the Circus: Directed by Harry Lachman. With Warner Oland, Keye Luke, George Brasno, Olive Brasno. 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.
- (1.8K)
- Mystery
- Harry Lachman
- 1936-03-27
Charlie Chan at the Circus is the 11th film produced by Fox starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. A seemingly harmless family outing drags a vacationing Chan into a murder investigation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Cramer.
While ostensibly on vacation with his wife and 12 children, famed detective Charlie Chan visits a circus at just the right time to become involved in the murder of one of the circus owners. Chan is prevailed upon to travel with the circus in hopes of discovering the killer before he, she--or it--strikes again.
Charlie Chan at the Circus 1936 1h 12m Mystery & Thriller List Reviews 53% Audience Score 50+ Ratings The Chinese sleuth (Warner Oland) takes his brood to the circus and solves a murder...
- Mystery & Thriller
Richard Ung: Number Two Chan Son. SUMMARY. Charlie Chan takes his wife and twelve children, who are sightseeing on the mainland, to a circus owned by kindly John Gaines and his unscrupulous partner, Joe Kinney. Kinney, who had sent Chan free passes to bring him to the circus, tells Chan that he has been receiving threatening letters.
