Charlie Chan in London

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Charlie Chan in London

Directed by	Eugene Forde
Produced by	John Stone
Written by	Earl Derr Biggers Philip MacDonald
Starring	Warner Oland
Cinematography	L. William O'Connell
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	12 September 1934
Running time	79 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Charlie Chan's Courage (lost)
Followed by	Charlie Chan in Paris
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Charlie Chan in London is a 1934 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde. The film stars Warner Oland as Charlie Chan, with Drue Leyton. This is the sixth film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as the detective, and the second not to be lost after The Black Camel (1931).

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 References in popular culture
4 External links

[edit] Plot

When a young English man is convicted of murder and sentenced to hang, his sister and her fiance, convinced of his innocence, ask visiting detective Charlie Chan to investigate the crime and find the real murderer. In order to solve the mystery, he must visit a lavish country manor house in England where the suspects vary from the housekeeper to a lawyer. Events soon indicate that the murderer is still actively trying to avoid capture, but Charlie Chan must set a trap to reveal the criminal's identity.

[edit] Cast

Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
Drue Leyton as Pamela Gray
Ray Milland as Neil Howard (as Raymond Milland)
Mona Barrie as Lady Mary Bristol
Douglas Walton as Paul Gray
Alan Mowbray as Paul Frank, alias Geoffrey Richmond
George Barraud as Maj. Jardine
Paul England as Bunny Fothergill
Madge Bellamy as Becky Fothergill
Walter Johnson as Jerry Garton
Murray Kinnell as Captain Seton (alias Phillips, the butler)
E.E. Clive as Detective Sergeant Thacker
Elsa Buchanan as Alice Perkins (maid)
Reginald Sheffield as Flight Commander King
Perry Ivins as Assistant Home Secretary Kemp
John Rogers as Lake (chief groom)
Helena Grant as Miss Judson (Kemp's secretary)
C. Montague Shaw as Doctor
Phyllis Coghlan as Nurse
David Torrence as Home Secretary Sir Lionel Bashford
Claude King as RAF aerodrome commander

[edit] References in popular culture

The 2001 Capitol Films movie entitled Gosford Park makes many references to this Charlie Chan film (and others), with one of the supporting characters being a fictionalized producer (a Morris Weissman instead of the actual producer, John Stone) responsible for producing the films. The fictionalized producer in the film has come to this shooting party to research for his next film, Charlie Chan In London.