| Release Date: | May 1937 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller |
| Runtime: | 71 min |
| Cast: | Warner Oland (Charlie Chan), Katherine DeMille (Yvonne Roland), Pauline Moore (Betty Adams), Allan Lane (Richard Masters) Keye Luke (Lee Chan) C. Henry Gordon (Arthur Hughes) John Eldredge (Mr. Cartwright) Layne Tom Jr. (Charlie Chan Jr) Jonathan Hale (Mr. Hopkins) Morgan Wallace (Honorable Charles Zaraka) Frederick Vogeding (Inspector Strasser (as Fredrik Vogeding)) Andrew Tombes (Chief of Homicide E. R. Scott) Arno Frey (Carlos, Zaraka's Henchman) Howard C. Hickman (Police Doctor (as Howard Hickman)) David Horsley (Test Pilot Edwards) William Begg ((uncredited)) Brooks Benedict (Zaraka Henchman (uncredited)) Stanley Blystone (New York Policeman (uncredited)) Walter Bonn (Polizei Officer (uncredited)) Don Brodie (Radio Announcer (uncredited)) Glen Cavender (Polizei Officer (uncredited)) George Chandler (Ship's Radio Operator (uncredited)) Hans Fuerberg (Polizei Radio-car Officer (uncredited)) Theresa Harris (Black US Team Member On Sidelines...) Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian (Miller, test plane hijacker (uncredited)) Selmer Jackson (Navy Commander (uncredited)) Hans Joby (Polizei Radio-car Officer (uncredited)) Edward Keane (Army Colonel (uncredited)) Al Kikume (Uniformed officer at microphone /...) Tommy Klein (Minor Role (uncredited)) Philip Morris (Cop (uncredited)) Virgil B. Nover (Minor Role (uncredited)) Jesse Owens (Himself (uncredited) (archive footage)) Paul Panzer (German Undercover Officer Posing as...) Caroline Rankin (Miller's Landlady (uncredited)) Fritz Schilgen (Olympic Flame Lighter (uncredited)...) Perry E. Seeley (Minor Role (uncredited)) Lee Shumway (Cop (uncredited)) Minerva Urecal (Gang Member Posing as Olympics Matron...) Dale Van Sickel (Minor Role (uncredited)) Emmett Vogan (Ship's Officer (uncredited)) Wilhelm von Brincken (Polizei Officer (uncredited)) Billy Wayne (Ship's Steward Guarding...) |
When an experimental plane is hijacked and its pilot murdered, the new guidance system that will allow it to fly unmanned is stolen. Charlie traces the strategically important invention to the current summer Olympic games in Berlin, where myriad spies, enemy agents, and hard-core criminals are ruthlessly pursuing it in order to sell it to another government. Charlie's son Lee, a member of the U.S. Olympic Swim Team, is on hand to help his father recover the device and solve the mystery.
