''Charlie Chan's Courage'' (1934) is the fifth film in which

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played detective

Charlie Chan Charlie Chan is a fictional Honolulu police detective created by author Earl Derr Biggers for a series of mystery novels. Biggers loosely based Chan on Hawaiian detective Chang Apana. The benevolent and heroic Chan was conceived as an alt ...

. It is a remake of the 1927 silent film ''

The Chinese Parrot ''The Chinese Parrot'' (1926) is the second novel in the Charlie Chan series of mystery novels by Earl Derr Biggers. It is the first in which Chan travels from Hawaii to mainland California, and involves a crime whose exposure is hastened by th ...

,'' based upon the novel by Earl Derr Biggers''.'' Both are considered

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s. An audio recreation accompanied by still photographs from the original film is included as a special feature on some DVD collections.

Plot

Chan is hired to transport a pearl necklace. When his employer is murdered, he sets out to unmask the killer.

Cast

as Charlie Chan *

Drue Leyton Drue Leyton (born Dorothy Elizabeth Blackman; 12 June 1903 – 8 February 1997) was an American actress and member of the French Resistance. She also was billed as Freya Leigh. Early years Leyton was born in California (or Somers, Wisconsin) but ...

as Paula Graham *

Donald Woods Donald James Woods (15 December 1933 – 19 August 2001) was a South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist. As editor of the ''Daily Dispatch'', he was known for befriending fellow activist Steve Biko, who was killed by police after ...

as Bob Crawford *

Paul Harvey Paul Harvey Aurandt (September 4, 1918 – February 28, 2009) was an American radio broadcaster for ABC News Radio. He broadcast ''News and Comment'' on mornings and mid-days on weekdays and at noon on Saturdays and also his famous ''The Rest o ...

as J.P. Madden / Jerry Delaney *

Murray Kinnell Murray Kinnell (24 July 1889 – 11 August 1954) was a British-born American actor, recognized for playing smooth, gentlemanly, although rather shady characters. He appeared in 71 films in the USA between the pre-code era of 1930 and 1937. He wa ...

as Martin Thorne *Reginald Mason as Alexander Crawford *

Virginia Hammond Virginia Hammond (August 20, 1893 – April 6, 1972) was an American film and theatre actress. Born in Staunton, Virginia. Hammond was the daughter of a Confederate army major. Hammond began her career in 1907, where she made her theatre debut ...

as Mrs. Sally Jordan *

Si Jenks Si Jenks (born Howard Hansell Jenkins; September 23, 1876 – January 6, 1970) was an American actor. He was involved in 224 films in a career spanning nearly two decades in vaudeville and films. His best known appearances includes '' The ...

as Will Holley * Harvey Clark as Professor Gamble *Jerry Jerome as Maydorf * Jack Carter as Victor Jordan *James Wang as Wong *

DeWitt Jennings DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American film and stage actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in more than 150 films between 1915 and 1937. Biography He was born in Cameron, Miss ...

as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings) * Francis Ford as Hewitt

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References

1934 films 1930s mystery films 1930s crime thriller films American crime thriller films Remakes of American films American black-and-white films Charlie Chan films American detective films Films based on American novels Films directed by Eugene Forde Sound film remakes of silent films Lost American films American mystery films 1934 lost films Fox Film films 1930s English-language films 1930s American films {{crime-thriller-film-stub