Product Details

• Actors: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Edwin Luke, Hardie Albright, Frank Reicher
• Directors: Phil Rosen
• Format: Black & White, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 1.0)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: July 6, 2004
• Run Time: 66 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00020X86G
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #20,493 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Some families have reunionsthis one has alibis! In this thrilling 1945 endeavor, Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) finds himself at odds with an entire family, any one of whom could be a killer! "Helped" by his pseudo-intellectual Number Four Son (Edwin Luke) and his panicky assistant Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland), Charlie investigates the recent murder of a brilliant but much-loathed scientist (Frank Reicher) who invented a gas that makes wood as strong as steel. But the investigation is anything but elementary, as Charlie sleuths his way through suspicious scientists, sultry sisters, a silent cousin and a butler with a very stiff upper lip!

Customer Reviews

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A good Monogram entry with an eerie mystery and good humor!, August 22, 1999

By	Marc Capralis (Temecula, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charlie Chan - The Jade Mask [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is one of my favorite Chan films from Monogram studios. The opening resembles a Monogram horror movie with spooky music at the foggy, eerie Harper estate. This film introduces Chan's Number 4 son Eddie, a pseudo-intellectual played by Edwin Luke, brother of Keye Luke. This was his only appearance in a Charlie Chan movie. Chan is assisted by the self-deprecating, hayseed Sheriff Mack. Their collaboration makes this Chan entry more interesting than some others. The murder mystery holds your interest and keeps you guessing all through the film. The comic, Mantan Moreland as Birmingham has some funny material here, and I find the ending of this film with the hayseed sheriff and Birmingham one of the funniest endings to a film I have ever seen! Chan's classic saying here is "Murder know no law of relativity". Strongly recommended for Chan fans!

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Middling Monogram Chan, but fans will enjoy it, February 7, 2000

By	Scott MacGillivray (Massachusetts, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Charlie Chan - The Jade Mask [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is one of the low-budget "Charlie Chan" mysteries produced by Monogram Pictures. This time the murder victim (more precisely, the first of several victims!) is a scientist that everyone has good reason to hate. Chan steps in on the government's behalf to solve the mystery of how "dead men walk." Some decent performances (Mantan Moreland, Frank Reicher, Hardie Albright, and especially Alan Bridge as the hayseed sheriff), but the characters aren't as colorful, the direction not as brisk, and Charlie's inquisitive offspring not as engaging as usual. The mystery will definitely keep you guessing, however. This and star Sidney Toler are the main assets.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Introducing Edwin Luke, June 26, 2006

By	Patrick Doherty (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Charlie Chan - The Jade Mask [VHS] (VHS Tape)

THE JADE MASK is a fairly good Chan film with a plot about a diabolical genius who is trying to interrupt the Amarican war effort through a series of murders, including that of a key scientist.Chan is played by Sidney Toler and he is joined by Edwin Luke as Eddie Chan, the number three son.The cast also includes the talented comic Manton Moreland as well as Janet Warren and Edith Evanson.

The movie was produced by James S. Burkett and directed by Phil Rosen. George Callahan wrote the screenplay.