Charlie Chan in Panama (1940)
One more minute... and the fleet is doomed!
67 min
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destroy part of the Panama Canal, trapping a Navy fleet on its way to the Pacific after maneuvers in the Atlantic.
- Release date
- March 1, 1940
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Jean Rogers as Kathi Lenesch
- Lionel Atwill as Cliveden Compton
- Mary Nash as Miss Jennie Finch
- Victor Sen Yung as Jimmy Chan
- Kane Richmond as Richard Cabot
- Chris-Pin Martin as Sergeant Montero
- Lionel Royce as Dr. Rudolph Grosser
- Helen Ericson as Stewardess
- Jack La Rue as Manolo
- Edwin Stanley as Governor D.C. Webster
- Donald Douglas as Captain Lewis
- Frank Puglia as Achmed Halide
- Addison Richards as R.J. Godley
- Edward Keane as Dr. Fredericks
- Eddie Acuff as Dance Sailor Suspicious of Kathi
- Jimmy Aubrey as Drunk Fisherman with Cigar at Club
- Brooks Benedict as Nightclub / Dance Extra
- Lane Chandler as Powerhouse Search Officer
- Russell Custer as Soldier
- Alan Davis as Soldier
- Franklyn Farnum as Marine Officer
- Edward Gargan as Plant Workman
- Harold Goodwin as Military Police Corporal
- Sol Gorss as Soldier
- Chuck Hamilton as Dance Extra
- Alberto Morin as Hotel Desk Clerk
- Philip Morris as Plainclothesman
- Charles Sherlock as Soldier
Crew
- Norman Foster · Director
- John Francis Larkin · Writer
- Lester Ziffren · Writer
- Earl Derr Biggers · Writer
- Virgil Miller · Cinematographer
- Fred Allen · Editor