07 Dec 2001
The 51st State
An American master chemist plans to score big on a once in a lifetime drug deal. All does not go as planned and he is soon entangled in a web of deceit.
Top Billed Cast
Roland Winters Charlie Chan
Virginia Dale Rene Blanchette
Mantan Moreland Birmingham Brown
John Gallaudet Pete McNalley
Victor Sen Yung Tommy Chan
Carol Forman Nita Aguirre
Douglas Fowley Grock
Harry Hayden Oscar Swenstrom
Emmett Vogan Henri Castanaro
Howard Negley Andre Pereaux
Stanley Andrews Theodore Von Scherbe
Boyd Irwin Simon LaFontanne
Rory Mallinson Thompson
George J. Lewis Sergeant Dansiger
Haywood Jones Mobile Jones
Ferris Taylor Police Medical Examiner
Eric Wilton Watkins
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