Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueSoon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a poison dart fired by an air rifle.
- Réalisation
- Scénario
- Casting principal
Victor Sen Yung
- Tommy Chan
- (as Victor Sen Young)
Dimples Cooper
- Lillie Mae Wong
- (as Chabing)
George Spaulding
- Dr. Hickey
- (as George L. Spaulding)
Paul Bryar
- Police Sergeant
- (non crédité)
Mary Chan
- Pedestrian
- (non crédité)
Spencer Chan
- Chinese Officer
- (non crédité)
Thayer Cheek
- Chinese Boy
- (non crédité)
Kenneth Chuck
- Chinese Boy
- (non crédité)
Tom Coleman
- Detective
- (non crédité)
Thornton Edwards
- Palace Hotel Clerk
- (non crédité)
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During all the time I was watching The Chinese Ring I kept thinking I saw it before and then I learn that this was indeed the plot of an old Mr. Wong film also put out by Monogram. As the Wong series was before World War II started in Europe only the politics were changed and they got a little vague in this one.
Barbara Jean Wong, a Chinese princess who is in America to purchase war airplanes for what I presume is the Kuomintang air force against the Communists is shot and killed by a dart fired from an air rifle almost immediately after entering Charlie Chan's home. With a murder right in his own home Roland Winters in his first film as Charlie Chan is kind of forced to help the authorities who in this case are represented by homicide detective Warren Douglas. Tagging along is Louise Currie who is a reporter looking to scoop her rivals on who killed the princess.
The Occidentals who the princess had to deal with are one scurvy lot who saw a cash cow and were milking it for all it was worth. But one of them is scurvier than the rest that one murders the princes, her maid and a small mute Chinese boy who's only crime was that he was a witness.
The story did not translate that good to a post World War II political situation. Still the players do their best with it and Roland Winters slips nicely into the tradition of Warner Oland and Sidney Toler as our fortune cookie aphorism speaking Charlie Chan.
Barbara Jean Wong, a Chinese princess who is in America to purchase war airplanes for what I presume is the Kuomintang air force against the Communists is shot and killed by a dart fired from an air rifle almost immediately after entering Charlie Chan's home. With a murder right in his own home Roland Winters in his first film as Charlie Chan is kind of forced to help the authorities who in this case are represented by homicide detective Warren Douglas. Tagging along is Louise Currie who is a reporter looking to scoop her rivals on who killed the princess.
The Occidentals who the princess had to deal with are one scurvy lot who saw a cash cow and were milking it for all it was worth. But one of them is scurvier than the rest that one murders the princes, her maid and a small mute Chinese boy who's only crime was that he was a witness.
The story did not translate that good to a post World War II political situation. Still the players do their best with it and Roland Winters slips nicely into the tradition of Warner Oland and Sidney Toler as our fortune cookie aphorism speaking Charlie Chan.
A Chinese princess (Barbara Jean Wong) visits Charlie Chan (Roland Winters) on a matter of urgency where she says her life is in danger. She is then murdered by a blow dart.
Screenwriter Scott Darling re-cycles his own script from MR WONG IN CHINATOWN (1939) here. This was Winters first of five outings as the famous Chinese detective and is an okay end of franchise addition.
Screenwriter Scott Darling re-cycles his own script from MR WONG IN CHINATOWN (1939) here. This was Winters first of five outings as the famous Chinese detective and is an okay end of franchise addition.
Winters' debut as Chan is okay, but film is a near line-by-line remake of MR. WONG IN CHINATOWN, and the story wasn't great then. Foulger has meaty part as nervous banker, Ahn looks inscrutable, Moreland rolls his eyes, and Louise Currie is gorgeous, but pedestrian direction and cheapo production sink this for all but Chan fans.
As Chans go, not the best, but the story itself is fine. Roland Winters is a perfectly good Chan - the role was defined by the time this episode in the series was made, so he basically just had to show up and recite the lines to get the job done. Although Victor Sen Young shows up as Tommy, he plays a very small part in the film - a good thing in my opinion. Birmingham Brown is present as comic relief, but doesn't shine in this one. Sargent Bill Davidson and plucky girl reporter Peggy Cartwright play the clichéd role of battling couple with unfortunate results. After the third or fourth exclamation of "Bill Davidson!" by our intrepid girl reporter, I was ready to strangle her. By the sixth or seventh time, I was ready to strangle myself. You'd think the writers were paid to keep the word count down. Worse, while the two argue in Davidson's office, he grabs her and shakes her in a rage, nearly knocking her off her feet. Of course, that's what men do to women they love, right? Don't worry, it all ends up in a kiss. Good God.
That's what you have to deal with when watching sixty year old movies - sometimes there's a real culture shock.
That's what you have to deal with when watching sixty year old movies - sometimes there's a real culture shock.
As Charlie Chan, Roland Winters seems to be struggling to get a handle on the character. His delivery of the Pidgin English seems really forced, even more so when most the Chinese actors in the movie speak English fluently.
As others on here have said, this movie is basically a cookie cutter version of "Mr. Wong in Chinatown", a better movie, in my opinion. All in all it's an OK Charlie Chan movie. It doesn't compare well with some of the early Chan movies.....but it's still Charlie Chan and therefore definitely worth watching.
As others on here have said, this movie is basically a cookie cutter version of "Mr. Wong in Chinatown", a better movie, in my opinion. All in all it's an OK Charlie Chan movie. It doesn't compare well with some of the early Chan movies.....but it's still Charlie Chan and therefore definitely worth watching.
Le saviez-vous
- AnecdotesVictor Sen Yung had previously played "Jimmy" Chan in the series, but in this episode in the series the character's name inexplicably becomes "Tommy" Chan.
- GaffesEarly in the movie Tommy is referred to as Number 2 Son by Charlie, but in previous Charlie Chan movies Jimmy was Number 2 Son and Tommy was Number 3 Son.
- Citations
Charlie Chan: Man who ride on tiger cannot dismount.
Birmingham Brown: He can't?
- ConnexionsFollowed by Docks of New Orleans (1948)
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- Date de sortie
- Pays d’origine
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- Aussi connu sous le nom de
- Charlie Chan in the Chinese Ring
- Lieux de tournage
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- Durée1 heure 8 minutes
- Couleur
- Rapport de forme
- 1.37 : 1
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