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Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise is a american film of genre Drama directed by Eugene Forde released in USA on 2 may 1940 with Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940)
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Add to a movie listCharlie Chan's Murder Cruise is a 1940 murder mystery film starring Sidney Toler in his fifth of many performances as Charlie Chan. It is based on the Earl Derr Biggers novel Charlie Chan Carries On.
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The famed detective seeks to unmask a killer on a voyage across the Pacific Ocean.Actors
Sidney Toler
(Charlie Chan)
Victor Sen Yung
(Jimmy Chan)
Robert Lowery
(Dick Kenyon)
Marjorie Weaver
(Paula Drake)
Lionel Atwill
(Dr. Suderman)
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