The Shanghai Cobra
6.4
“Charlie Chan at his best in his most thrilling adventure!”
Someone is attempting to steal radium stored in a bank. Death by cobra venom connects a number of murders. Charlie Chan investigates.
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Part of Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection
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Cast
14 people
Sidney Toler
Charlie Chan
Known for
Our Relations
Blonde Venus
Benson Fong
Tommy Chan
Known for
The Love Bug
Charley Varrick
Mantan Moreland
Birmingham Brown
Known for
King of the Zombies
Spider Baby
James Cardwell
Ned Stewart
Known for
He Walked by Night
A Walk in the Sun
Joan Barclay
Paula Webb
Known for
The Corpse Vanishes
Walter Fenner
Police Inspector Harry Davis
Also in
Mixed Magic
He Was Her Man
Roy Gordon
Walter Fletcher
Known for
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
The Wasp Woman
Arthur Loft
Bradford Harris
Known for
The Woman in the Window
Scarlet Street
Addison Richards
John Adams
Known for
Our Daily Bread
The Mummy's Curse
Janet Warren
Record Machine Operator
Known for
Buck Privates
Gene Roth
Morgan
Known for
Earth vs. the Spider
Attack of the Giant Leeches
Joe Devlin
Taylor
Also in
Nazty Nuisance
Dick Tracy
Phil Karlson Director · George Callahan Screenplay George Wallace Sayre Screenplay
United States release September 29, 1945 · Produced in United States
Production
Monogram Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · September 29, 1945
Theatrical
XC
June 20, 1947 · Theatrical
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