“it's Chan's most Spine-tingling mystery!”
In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.
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Part of Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection
22 films
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
Movie · 1938
Charlie Chan in Reno
Movie · 1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Movie · 1939
City in Darkness
Movie · 1939
Charlie Chan in Panama
Movie · 1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise
Movie · 1940
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
Movie · 1940
Murder Over New York
Movie · 1940
Dead Men Tell
Movie · 1941
Charlie Chan in Rio
Movie · 1941
Castle in the Desert
Movie · 1942
Charlie Chan in the Secret Service
Movie · 1944
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Movie · 1944
Black Magic
Movie · 1944
The Jade Mask
Movie · 1945
The Scarlet Clue
Movie · 1945
The Red Dragon
Movie · 1945
The Shanghai Cobra
Movie · 1945
Dark Alibi
Movie · 1946
Shadows Over Chinatown
Movie · 1946
Dangerous Money
Movie · 1946
The Trap
Movie · 1946
Cast
16 people
Sidney Toler
Lt. Charlie Chan
Known for
Our Relations
Blonde Venus
Victor Sen Yung
Jimmy Chan
Known for
Bonanza
The Letter
Harold Huber
Senior Souto, police chief
Known for
The Thin Man
San Francisco
Mary Beth Hughes
Joan Reynolds
Known for
The Ox-Bow Incident
Young Man with a Horn
Cobina Wright
Grace Ellis
Also in
Week-End in Havana
Moon Over Miami
Victor Jory
Alfredo Cardozo, alias Marana
Known for
Papillon
Gone with the Wind
Kay Linaker
Helen Ashby
Known for
Drums Along the Mohawk
Kitty Foyle
Hamilton MacFadden
Bill Kellogg
Also in
Dressed to Kill
Tarnished Angel
Richard Derr
Ken Reynolds
Known for
When Worlds Collide
The Drowning Pool
Ted North
Clark V. Denton
Known for
The Ox-Bow Incident
The Unsuspected
Truman Bradley
Paul Wagner
Known for
Northwest Passage
Iris Wong
Lili Wong
Also in
China
Girl in 313
Harry Lachman Director · Samuel G. Engel Writer Lester Ziffren Writer
United States release September 5, 1941 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Italian
Production
20th Century Fox
Production
20th Century Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · September 5, 1941
Theatrical
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