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Black Magic

"Chan stalks a fiendish murderer!"

User Score16 votes
70%7.0/10
Release1944
Runtime1H 7M
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased

Synopsis

Chinese detective Charlie Chan solves a murder linked to the occult.

Principal Cast8

Full Cast & Crew (19)

Media4

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Director

Phil Rosen

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Box Office

Budget$0M

Certification

NR

Collection

Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection

Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) Collection

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Reviews1

CinemaSerf6/10

Now then, this one really struggles to get going. This time it's daughter "Frances" (Frances Chan) who helps "Pop" investigate some odd activity at the home of the new employers of "Birmingham Brown" (Mantan Moreland), who has been released by "Charlie" - who just wants to get back to Honolulu. When hypnotism causes one woman to take a step too far; the race is on to thwart the mysterious, evil, perpetrator before anyone else comes a cropper. Moreland tries too hard, his daftness is too contrived and strained, and though he could be annoying from time to time, it misses "Jimmy" too. The psychic/occult theme has provided well for these films, but maybe this one tries to squeeze just a little too much from an already well exhausted fruit (might that be a "Charlie-ism"?) and i found it quite a long watch. It has it's moments of suspense, though, it's not terrible - it's just lacking certain important ingredients.

Jun 30, 2022

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Production:Monogram Pictures