Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
THE CASE OF THE MURDERED DIVORCEE!
71 min
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
- Release date
- June 16, 1939
- Country of origin
- United States
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Cast
- Sidney Toler as Charlie Chan
- Ricardo Cortez as Dr. Ainsley
- Phyllis Brooks as Vivian Wells
- Slim Summerville as Sheriff Fletcher
- Kane Richmond as Curtis Whitman
- Victor Sen Yung as James Chan
- Pauline Moore as Mary Whitman
- Eddie Collins as Cab Driver
- Kay Linaker as Mrs. Russell
- Louise Henry as Jeanne Bently
- Robert Lowery as Wally Burke
- Charles D. Brown as Police Chief King
- Iris Wong as Choy Wong
- Morgan Conway as George Bentley
- Hamilton MacFadden as Night Clerk
- Jimmy Aubrey as Me #3 Son Wiseguy
- Brooks Benedict as Man in Line-Up
- Stanley Blystone as Lineup Officer
- Heinie Conklin as Policeman
- Chuck Hamilton as Policeman
- Harry Hayden as Chemistry Professor
- Dick Hogan as Jack - College Student
- Fred Kelsey as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- Al Kikume as Honolulu Policeman (uncredited)
- Hank Mann as 'Injured' Con Man / Casino Extra
- Jack Perry as Rough Drunk (uncredited)
- Arthur Rankin as Bellhop
Crew
- Norman Foster · Director
- Frances Hyland · Writer
- Albert Ray · Writer
- Robert E. Kent · Writer
- Philip Wylie · Writer
- Virgil Miller · Cinematographer
- Fred Allen · Editor