| Release Date: | May 1944 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller |
| Cast: | Sidney Toler (Charlie Chan), Joan Woodbury (Leah Manning), Mantan Moreland (Birmingham Brown, Taxi Driver), Benson Fong (Tommy Chan, #3 Son), Ian Keith (Dr. Paul Recknik), Sam Flint (Thomas P. Manning), Cy Kendall (George Webster Deacon), Weldon Heyburn (Detective Lt. Harvey Dennis), Anthony Warde (Catlen), John Davidson (Carl Karzoff / Kurt Karzoff), Dewey Robinson (Salos), I. Stanford Jolley (Gannet (as Stan Jolley)), Betty Blythe (Mrs. Manning), Jack Norton (Hotel Desk Clerk), Luke Chan (Wu Song), Fred Aldrich (Policeman (uncredited)), George Chandler (Hotel Doorman (uncredited)), Terry Frost (Policeman Giving Parking Ticket...) |
Thomas P. Manning, businessman and chess expert, mysteriously shot in a locked room, dies clutching some chess pieces. Police are baffled, and finally abandon the case. Six months later, victim's daughter Leah Manning, stung by a scurrilous book about the case, enlists the aid of Charlie Chan and Number 3 Son. Additional murders follow, leading to a climactic confrontation in a seemingly deserted "Fun House."
