Charlie Chan in Paris
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| Charlie Chan in Paris | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Lewis Seiler |
| Produced by | John Stone |
| Written by | Earl Derr Biggers Philip McDonald |
| Starring | Warner Oland |
| Music by | Samuel Kaylin |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Preceded by | Charlie Chan in London |
| Followed by | Charlie Chan in Egypt |
Charlie Chan in Paris is the seventh film produced by Fox with Warner Oland as Charlie Chan.
[edit] Cast
- Warner Oland as Charlie Chan
- Mary Brian as Yvette Lamartine, Mr Lamartine's daughter, engaged to Victor Descartes
- Thomas Beck as Victor Descartes, Mr. Lamartine's ward, who is going to take over the bank
- John Miljan as Albert Dufresne
- Erik Rhodes as Max Corday, a sketch artist
- Murray Kinnell as Henri Latouche
- Keye Luke as Lee Chan, Charlie's #1 son
- Henry Kolker as Mr. Paul Lamartine, the current head of the Lamartine Bank and father of Yvette
- Dorothy Appleby as Nardi, Charlie's agent in Paris, who is killed before he can ask her questions
[edit] Plot
Chan is on his way back from completing the London case -- they always mentioned the previous case -- to go on "vacation" to Paris, but this is just a way to make people think that he is innocently there. He is on a case for some London bankers and customers who say that some bonds from the Lamartine Bank in Paris are forged, so they hired Chan to solve the case. After various murder attempts on Chan and other killings, including that of his assistant, Nardi, and the ex-boyfriend of Yvette, which was staged by a blind beggar named Xavier, a "crazed" World War I veteran who wants his money and wants it now!
The murderer was Xavier, but he is actually not real; he has alternately been played by both Corday and Latouche -- Latouche appearing as Xavier when Corday was with Charlie, and Corday appearing as Xavier when Charlie meets Latouche at the Bank. Chan takes young Albert Dufresne (John Miljan) with him to find Xavier, and while they search Corday's and LaTouche's lair where they have been printing the counterfeit bonds, Corday (as Xavier) arrives. Chan and Dufresne kill the lights, and Corday shoots at Chan's flashlight, apparently hitting him. But Chan has mounted it on a broomstick to decoy Corday, and Dufresne is able to capture Xavier/Corday. Then the police arrive (summoned by Chan's son Lee), giving Chan a chance to explain how Corday and LaTouche created alibis for each other by alternately playing Xavier.
