The Shanghai Cobra
Appearance
The Shanghai Cobra | |
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Directed by | Phil Karlson |
Written by | Earl Derr Biggers (characters) George Callahan George Wallace Sayre |
Produced by | James S. Burkett |
Starring | see below |
Cinematography | Vincent J. Farrar |
Edited by | Ace Herman |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Shanghai Cobra is a 1945 mystery film directed by Phil Karlson and starring Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan.[1][2]
Synopsis
When three bank employees are killed with cobra venom, Detective Chan recalls an oddly similar case ten years earlier in Shanghai. Benson Fong and Mantan Moreland, return as Tommy "Number Three Son" Chan, and Birmingham Brown.
Cast
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Mantan Moreland as Birmingham Brown
- Benson Fong as Tommy Chan
- James Cardwell as Ned Stewart
- Joan Barclay as Paula Webb (alias of Paula van Horn, daughter of Jan van Horn)
- Addison Richards as John Adams (alias Jan van Horn), Sixth National Bank guard
- Arthur Loft as Bradford Harris (alias Special Agent Hume)
- Janet Warren as Record Machine Operator
- Gene Stutenroth as Morgan, a gangster
- Cyril Delevanti as Detective Larkin, a police undercover officer at the Sixth National Bank
- George Chandler Joe Nelson, coffee shop proprietor
- James Flavin H.R. Jarvis, chemical engineer
References
External links
- Charlie Chan Family
- The Shanghai Cobra at IMDb
- The Shanghai Cobra at the TCM Movie Database
- The Shanghai Cobra at AllMovie
- The Shanghai Cobra at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Shanghai Cobra at Letterbox DVD
- Shanghai Cobra at BFI