Product Details

• Actors: Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland, Virginia Brissac, Ben Carter, Benson Fong
• Directors: Phil Rosen
• Writers: Earl Derr Biggers, George Callahan
• Producers: James S. Burkett
• 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: 65 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00020X94C
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #22,543 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Charlie Chan in The Scarlet Clue" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

The unforgettable Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) takes on a group of fast-track media types in this forties send-up of bad radio drama, snarling sponsors and tense thespians that also features Mantan Moreland and partner Ben Carter doing their classic nightclub routinea Chan movie first! A fatal mistake made by an impatient detective in Chan's employ leads the master sleuth to a radio studio that is somehow connected to a radar operation in the same building. A bloody heel print, lethalcigarettes and an icy wind tunnel all provide Charlie with clues to a dastardly scheme to steal top-secret radar plansbut these suspects are experts at deceit. After all, it's their business!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Big Assist From Manton Moreland, September 1, 2002

By	Peter Kenney (Birmingham, Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Charlie Chan: Scarlet Clue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

THE SCARLET CLUE is an above average entry in the Chan series helped by a fast-paced script and the antics of Manton Moreland as Birmingham Brown.

Charlie is acting as a federal agent trying to solve a murder and at the same time prevent the theft of top secret radar plans. The title refers to a bloody footprint.

Sidney Toler has the role of Charlie and Benson Fong is back as Tommie Chan.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Serial-style Chan mystery offers some fun for B-movie fans., December 6, 1999

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

This review is from: Charlie Chan: Scarlet Clue [VHS] (VHS Tape)

One of budget-brand Monogram Pictures' entries in the Charlie Chan series, this picture has a busy, tricky screenplay which resembles a serial story. The villain is masked and cloaked in the best cliffhanger tradition, and every few minutes there is some new deadly device introduced (an elevator with a trap door, a weather tunnel with dangerous extremes of heat and cold, etc.). The radio-station setting is novel, and there is some outstanding comedy relief by Mantan Moreland and Ben Carter doing their "incomplete sentence" nightclub act. The direction and photography are routine, but the filmmakers apparently were concentrating on the ambitious technical gimmicks in the script. Par for Monogram, and a pleasant hour for B-movie fans.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A very enjoyable movie., November 14, 2005

By	A. Leung (Hong Kong) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am Chinese and have heard lots of western people refering to Charlie Chan. I was very curious how Chan was like and bought this DVD. I was not disappointed --- even though this movie was made so many years ago, it is still very entertaining.