Charlie Chan on Broadway

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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.

Released: Sep 22, 1937

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Warner Oland

Charlie Chan

Keye Luke

Lee Chan

Joan Marsh

Joan Wendall, Photographer

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