27 Jan 1932
Murders in the Rue Morgue
In 19th century Paris, a maniac abducts young women and injects them with ape blood in an attempt to prove ape-human kinship but constantly meets failure as the abducted women die.
Charlie Chan in Paris
PARIS...MYSTERY...MURDER! CHAN FINDS THE ANSWER!
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
Top Billed Cast
Warner Oland Charlie Chan
Mary Brian Yvette Lamartine
Thomas Beck Victor Descartes
Erik Rhodes Max Corday
John Miljan Albert Dufresne
Murray Kinnell Henri Latouche
Minor Watson Insp. Renard
John Qualen Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
Keye Luke Lee Chan
Henry Kolker Paul Lamartine
Dorothy Appleby Nardi
Perry Ivins Bedell, Lamartine's secretary
Ruth Peterson Renee Jacquard
Eddie Vitch Sketch Artist (uncredited)
Lynn Bari Club Patron (uncredited)
Harry Cording Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
Gino Corrado Pierre (uncredited)
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