In the 21st Charlie Chan movie, Sidney Toler is sent to Reno by the husband of Pauline Moore. Miss Pauline Moore was discovered standing above the corpse of Louise Henry (in her last screen appearance). Since she is a friend of the detective, we can rule her out as a suspect, but there are plenty of people up for the role, including Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Kane Richmond, Kay Linaker, and Robert Lowery. Victor Sen Yung s present for comic relief, as is Slim Summerville.
It's a pretty good mystery, although the useful clues only show up near the end. Director Norman Foster keeps things moving along at a good clip, and movie's budget has been kept down by using only half a dozen sets. Toler has settled into the role, with some nice, drily delivered humor at Yung's expense, and Summerville is at his lugubrious best. There's no msitaking this for anything but a B movie, but 20th Century-Fox knew how to turn them out.
It's a pretty good mystery, although the useful clues only show up near the end. Director Norman Foster keeps things moving along at a good clip, and movie's budget has been kept down by using only half a dozen sets. Toler has settled into the role, with some nice, drily delivered humor at Yung's expense, and Summerville is at his lugubrious best. There's no msitaking this for anything but a B movie, but 20th Century-Fox knew how to turn them out.