The U.S. Naval fleet must be able to get through the Panama Canal. This is a narrow spot for possible sabotage. Anyway, the military is seeing spies everywhere. In the city, Charlie is selling Panama hats and mixing with the local baddies. When a man who is giving him information (and vice versa) dies as he smokes a poison cigarette, the game is afoot. Who should show up but Number Two Son. Charlie is trying to find a suspect who no one can identify, but who is a really bad character. There is a night club owner, a guy who is experimenting with deadly diseases, a guy from Egypt who runs around in a fez, a girl who is using a false name and a couple others as well. There are some very good scenes. It's interesting that this movie was made a year before it all hit the fan in Pearl Harbor. It made me think how important this canal probably was as the Americans entered the war. I wasn't expecting much but this is a nicely put together episode.
Review of Charlie Chan in Panama
