Charlie Chan in Panama poster

Charlie Chan in Panama( 1940)

TV-MACrimeThrillerMysteryComedy
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One more minute... and the fleet is doomed!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sidney Toler

      Charlie Chan

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      Jean Rogers

      Kathi Lenesch (Baroness Kathi von Czardos)

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      Lionel Atwill

      Cliveden Compton

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      Mary Nash

      Miss Sarah Finch

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      Victor Sen Yung

      Jimmy Chan (as Sen Yung)

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      Kane Richmond

      Richard Cabot

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      Chris-Pin Martin

      Sergeant Montero

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      Lionel Royce

      Dr. Rudolph Grosser

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      Helen Ericson

      Stewardess

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      Jack La Rue

      Emil Manolo

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      Edwin Stanley

      Governor D.C. Webster

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      Donald Douglas

      Captain Lewis

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      Frank Puglia

      Achmed Halide

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      Addison Richards

      R.J. Godley

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      Edward Keane

      Dr. Fredericks

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      Eddie Acuff

      Dance Sailor Suspicious of Kathi

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      Jimmy Aubrey

      Drunk Fisherman with Cigar at Club

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      Brooks Benedict

      Nightclub / Dance Extra

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      Lane Chandler

      Powerhouse Search Officer

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      Russell Custer

      Soldier

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      Alan Davis

      Soldier

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Marine Officer

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      Edward Gargan

      Plant Workman

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      Harold Goodwin

      Military Police Corporal

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      Sol Gorss

      Soldier

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      Chuck Hamilton

      Dance Extra

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      Alberto Morin

      Hotel Desk Clerk

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      Philip Morris

      Plainclothesman

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      Gloria Roy

      Hostess

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      Charles Sherlock

      Soldier

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      Charles Stevens

      Native Fisherman-Cameraman Spy

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      Sid Troy

      Sailor

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      Max Wagner

      Soldier

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jun 23 2022
    This outing for our sleuth finds him working undercover - appropriately in a Panama hat shop - on a mission to help the US Government combat the activities of some spies bent on disrupting the movement of US Naval vessels though the Panama Canal. When a man is murdered in his shop, "Chan" is detained by the unwitting authorities who take him to a local jail where he, coincidentally, encounters no. 2 son "Jimmy" (Victor Sen Yung), who was working on a cruise liner and who is also stranded in Panama. Together, they must identify and thwart the would be saboteur amidst a plethora of suspects led b...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • panama
    • panama canal
    • charlie chan